Chair’s welcome Punctuated equilibrium marks department’s evolution This year, we celebrate the final fruition of Mead Geologic Field Station. But in addi- the generous contributions and incessant tion, recent major gifts from Bill and Janet work of many alumni for over a decade Cordua and one from the family of Maynard to establish various endowments. The last and Winnie Coller underwrite two sizeable few years have been incredibly successful undergraduate scholarships. years in the history of our department. Not A few years ago students started an only have our continuing faculty produced entirely student-driven event to showcase much and been honored with many acco- their research in the form of oral and poster lades, but between 2001 and 2005 we have presentations in spring. This has now ex- been able to attract and add six new faculty panded to include presentations by students members. from other Indiana schools, such as Pur- All of this has been possible as a direct due, IUPUI, and other campuses. Judging consequence of the campaigns run by the is done by faculty from several campuses, members of our Advisory Board beginning geologists from the Indiana Geological in 1996. The campaign has resulted in the Survey, and most graciously by alumni who hiring of Mark Person in 2001 as the Mal- fly in from distant locations such as Hous- com and Sylvia Boyce Chair in Hydrogeol- ton and New Orleans. The awards ceremo- ogy, of David Bish in 2003 as the Haydn ny is the most-anticipated time of the day, Murray Chair in Applied Clay Mineralogy, and all winners greatly appreciate the cash of Bradley Ritts in 2005 as the Robert R. awards from gifts by well-wishers. Shrock Professor in Sedimentary Geology, Support from the College for student and of Kaj Johnson in 2005 as the Judson travel is dwindling fast. It is only because Mead Professor of Applied and Exploration we have the support from our well-wish- Geophysics (Kaj will begin his residency Abhijit Basu ers that we can afford all-important field in fall 2005 and will assume formal faculty trips for our majors and graduate students. responsibilities in fall 2006). In addition, pleasure and not as a matter of formal duty. Professor Robert Wintsch, for example, has Jürgen Schieber and Chen Zhu joined our I describe below a few of the main expenses started to lead extended field trips that are faculty in 2003 as associate professors in that we have been able to incur for advanc- not required for any course but that en- lines left open through retirements and left ing our department and supporting our hance students’ understanding of how the unfilled for a few years. The whole faculty students as the donors have wished. earth works. This year, he led 10 students has been inspired by the new hires and the Three graduate fellowships are now to Canada and Maine to study the tectonics annual seed money for research, which is funded routinely from endowments in the of the northeastern coast of North Ameri- drawn from the interests of the endow- names of Galloway-Perry-Horowitz, Dan ca. We are providing scholarships to three ments. In 2004, our external grants nearly Tudor, and Bill Thornbury. The College of students who intend to major in geology tripled over the steady average of the previ- Arts and Sciences provides tuition waivers and are taking a field course with Professor ous few years. to the recipients, enabling us to stretch the Michael Hamburger in the Sierra Moun- Please read about multifarious activities value of the fellowships. This year we will tains in California. We continue to partially and achievements of our faculty, new and also add money to a gift from Chevron- defray the cost of student travel to national old, in Faculty News on page 11. I refrain Texaco to award two additional fellowships. and international meetings where they pres- from taking the thunder away from indi- Not only do fellowships free up time for ent papers. We are particularly delighted vidual write-ups, but I would like to high- students to conduct more intensive re- that our students travel abroad, especially light at least two. Haydn Murray brought a search, they also allow us to compete with to Europe and open new frontiers. With crowning glory to the department again by other schools in attracting qualified gradu- globalization and the internationalization being inducted into the National Academy ate students. of employment, such experience becomes of Engineers (the only one from Indiana This summer we instituted, on a trial invaluable for our graduates. University in its 177-year history) and in basis, summer fellowships for graduate stu- For several years we have been routinely receiving an honorary degree from Indiana dents without other summer support to stay supplementing faculty research from the University, the highest honor that any uni- on campus and conduct research. This is interest of endowment funds. These have versity can bestow on an individual. And, in addition to grants-in-aid of research that included direct expense for fieldwork, labo- Professor David Bish and Professor Jürgen students receive from alumni gifts to supple- ratory analyses, purchase of equipment, and Schieber have been selected by NASA to ment costs that are not commonly covered travel to meetings on a limited basis. Such help design two separate instruments of by extramural grants. We have also instituted support has proven indispensable as seed a total of only eight in the Mars Science cash awards for students who publish peer- money for new research and in attracting Laboratory, a Lander, to be launched in reviewed papers in standard journals before extramural support. 2009. graduation. This incentive should go far and Our colloquium series in which we invite Accountability is a word that is often make us far more visible in the professional experts from other institutions to come and bandied around in the media and in po- world than before. And, we continue to visit with students and faculty is nearly fully litical circles as a cliché. Accountability, recognize excellence of our students in the funded from gifts. Two of these colloquia however, is actually a social responsibility. form of awards and scholarships. Many of are very dear to us. One is the lecture de- The time has come for us to account to the these go to those attending our time-hon- livered by the winner of the Owen Award, alumni and all donors. This I do with great ored G429 at the Indiana University Judson (continued on page 3) 1 Around the Department

Brad Ritts named Shrock Professor of Sedimentary Geology rad Ritts joined the department this gious NSF Career Award, are in tectonics intraplate tectonics. summer as the new Robert Shrock and sedimentation and petroleum systems In addition to the China research, Ritts BProfessor of Sedimentary Geol- analysis. Most of his research is currently is starting a new project on basin analysis ogy. He comes to IU after six years on the in China. He has multiple students work- and petroleum geology of the eastern Sea faculty of Utah State University in Logan, ing on the structural, sedimentary, and of Okhotsk and western Kamchatka penin- Utah; before that, he worked for Chevron paleoclimatic evolution of the northeastern sula in the Russian far east. He’ll complete Overseas Petroleum in San Ramon, Calif., Tibetan Plateau in an effort to understand his first field season there this year. Re- as a new-ventures exploration geologist. how Cenozoic collision and convergence search in petroleum systems is primarily on Ritts received a PhD from Stanford, between India and Eurasia was accommo- nonmarine basins and ranges from reservoir where he worked on the sedimentary and dated in the interior of the continent, how characterization and modeling to oil-source petroleum geology of the Tarim and Qa- the Tibetan Plateau formed, and how its rock correlation studies. This petroleum- idam basins in China with his adviser and uplift changed the paleoclimate, paleogeog- related research has recently included stud- IU alumnus Steve Graham. Ritts received raphy, and paleoecology of the region. ies of offshore Angola, the western United a BS from the University of Rochester, Another line of research in China fo- States, China, and Russia. where he did a senior thesis under another cuses on the genetic mechanisms of the In his spare time, Ritts enjoys mountain IU alumnus, Pete DeCelles. He received an giant, nonmarine sedimentary basins that biking, skiing, and playing with stray dogs. MS from MIT. characterize the Mesozoic-Cenozoic of the He’s looking forward to getting established Ritts’s research interests, which have country (and much of central Asia) and in his new Brown County home. been formally recognized with a presti- feedbacks between basin formation and

Geophysics group expands collaborative projects and outreach t’s been a busy year for the geophysics Shannon of Crown Point, and Bill Combs interested in geodynamic research. The group. Gary Pavlis, graduate student of Crawfordsville, spent a month working maps recently received rave reviews in Sci- ITammy Baldwin, and geophysics tech- with Hamburger and Pavlis this summer, ence magazine. Check out the map tool at nician Terry Stigall have taken the lead and they presented their results at a special www.jules.unavco.org. on a major seismology field experiment in symposium at the American Geophysical Hamburger continues a collaborative Venezuela, including nearly 100 permanent Union in San Francisco. teaching effort with John Rupp, bring- and temporary seismic stations, both on Hamburger and Pavlis have been heavily ing a small group of first- and second-year land and in the Caribbean sea floor. involved in the growth of NSF’s landmark students to explore the volcanoes of the Pavlis and graduate student Chenliang “EarthScope” program, a continental-scale eastern Sierra Nevada. The class made the Fan are involved in a collaborative project geodynamic observation experiment, the cover story on the university’s new Teach- with Art Weglein to explore new methods largest ever mounted by NSF’s Earth Sci- ing and Learning magazine — and you of seismic imaging. And Pavlis and Michael ence directorate. can see an online version at www.indiana. Hamburger have continued their collabora- Along with colleagues from University edu/~tandlpub/. tion on Indiana earthquakes, along with of Stony Brook and the UNAVCO Con- Beginning in fall 2005, Hamburger will graduate student Kevin Eagar, who is com- sortium, Hamburger has received NSF be taking on a new administrative role, pleting his master’s thesis on microearth- funding for the Jules Verne Voyager, a suite working as associate dean in the Office of quakes in the Wabash Valley seismic zone. of map tools for researchers and educators the Dean of Faculties. Eagar will be going on to Arizona State for a PhD this fall. Graduate student Gerald Galgana has recently defended his thesis, “Kinematics Hamburger leads campus response to of an Active Plate Boundary: Insights on the Tectonics of Luzon, Philippines, Using last winter’s Indian Ocean tsunami Terrain, Focal Mechanisms, and GPS Ob- ichael Hamburger took the lead in organizing a campus response to the tragic servations.” Galgana will be entering the Mearthquake and tsunami that shook the Indian Ocean on Dec. 26 of last year. PhD program here at IU this fall. With support from the IU chancellor, the dean of the faculties, and the College of Pavlis and Hamburger have continued Arts and Sciences, he and faculty and student colleagues organized a campuswide their high-profile science outreach pro- event, “Indian Ocean Tsunami and Humanitarian Response: A Campus-Community gram, the Indiana PEPP Earthquake Sci- Forum,” early in the spring semester. With the efforts of a dozen or more student ence program, which involves about 20 organizations, the event helped raise thousands of dollars in tsunami relief. One of schools around the state in research-qual- the outgrowths of the forum was a “Learning from Disaster” seminar series, which ity seismic monitoring research. Three of follows up on the lessons from the tsunami disaster and will culminate in an anniver- the PEPP teachers, Michael Kelley from sary event late in the fall semester. Harrison High School in Evansville, Ewa

2 Multidisciplinary grant funds management, Kaj Johnson steps in as Mead Professor use of fossil collections he third time is the charm. After two unsuccessful searches for a new faculty Tmember to fill the Judson Mead Endowed Professorship in geophysics, we are The fossil collections in the Department happy to announce that Kaj Johnson has accepted our offer to fill the position. He of Geological Sciences are among the best will be on board this fall as a visiting scientist conducting research and will take on of all universities in the nation. However, teaching responsibilities as an assistant professor in fall 2006. since the passing of Alan Horowitz, curator Johnson currently holds a postdoctoral appointment at UC Berkeley, after having in paleontology, the collections have lacked received his doctoral and master’s degrees from Stanford and Purdue, respectively. the tender-loving care that Horowitz be- Johnson’s research so far has focused on understanding mechanisms of faulting and stowed upon them. Fortunately, the de- their geodynamic consequences from a geophysicist’s perspective. partment will benefit from a IU Multidisci- While at Indiana, we expect him to bridge the highly applied petroleum explora- plinary Ventures Fund Grant to apply ad- tion group with such diverse faculty as Mark Person and Brad Ritts on one hand, vances in database management to the very with our current geophysicists on the other. He will, incidentally, begin his teaching old and historically significant collections with a new course on applied and exploration geophysics. Johnson is very well posi- and to test the newly developed Paleonto- tioned to bring an exciting, new applied geodynamic focus to the geophysics group. logical Spatial and Temporal Tool applica- tion. The grant funds a proposal submitted by Claudia Johnson and Erika Elswick in the Department of Geological Sciences and Richard Owen Award goes to Priscilla Nelson Mehmet Dalkilic of the School of Infor- The Department of Geological Sciences presented the 2004 Owen Award to Priscilla matics. The multidisciplinary research is Nelson. Nelson is director of the Civil and Mechanical Systems Division in the Directorate designed to create a means for for Engineering at NSF. Nelson received a BS from the University of Rochester, an MS in paleontologists to effectively geology from Indiana University in 1976, and a second MS in structural engineering from manage, use, and datamine the the University of Oklahoma in 1979. The PhD in geotechnical engineering was awarded large collections of speci- to Nelson by Cornell University in 1983. mens in the fifth-floor Nelson had13 years of teaching experience at the University of Texas, Austin, from laboratories. 1983 to 1996. She authored more than 100 technical and scientific publications. In 1997, then-President Clinton appointed Nelson to the Nuclear Waste Technical Review board. Nelson was selected by a unanimous vote of the Owen Award Committee and depart- mental faculty because of her outstanding contributions to geology and her meritorious service to both government and academic institutions. Chair’s welcome (continued from page 1) with which we honor a graduate of this department (please see the story featuring Dr. Priscilla Nelson, our first alumna to re- ceive this award, on this page). The other is the Daniel Tudor Commemorative Lecture, which was set up in the loving memory of one of the department’s most supportive alumni. Please attend either or both of these lectures at your convenience. Perhaps it is appropriate to end with a request for something that deserves your attention. As funds for higher education shrink, the College is finding it difficult to continue to support the Judson Mead Geo- logic Field Station in Montana. We would appreciate your thoughts and ideas on a strategy for approaching industry about the creation of a corporate consortium to underwrite a $2 million endowment that would make the field station self-sufficient. Department of Geological Sciences chair Abhijit Basu presents the 2004 Richard Owen I come from an ethnic and cultural stock Award to Priscilla Nelson, MS’76, of the National Science Foundation. known for its emotional, if not sentimental, disposition. Writing the abbreviated ac- countability statement above has made me Visit us on the Web at www.indiana.edu/~geosci. so gratefully happy that my eyes are moist Also, visit the Judson Mead Geologic Field Station at (I confess). “Thank you” are two words that cannot describe how each in the de- www.indiana.edu/~iugfs and the Indiana Geological partment feels about the generosity of all Survey at www. igs.indiana.edu. well-wishers who make our day, everyday.

3 All points north: G420 field trip leads students to Canada Robert Wintsch led a G420 field trip again this year. Ten students, including sopho- more, juniors, seniors, and graduate stu- dents, participated in a Canadian tectonic experience. The trip started briefly in the Grenville province granulites in upstate New York and went on through eastern Quebec, crossed New Brunswick, and into Nova Scotia. The group also attended the Geological Association of Canada and Mineralogical Association of Canada annual meeting in Halifax, where all got a taste of the excitement of Canadian geology and geologists. The trip began in the Thetford Mines area, where most sections of the ophiolites were examined. Pillow lavas, sheeted dikes, banded gabbros with bedded chromite layers, and dunites and pyroxenites were

Undertaking educational outreach with future geologists on migmatitic rocks on the beach of Long Island Sound are, from left, Mary Scanlan, Kat Hoffman, Martina Morandi, Valerie Feller, Aaron Satkoski, Caitlin Roth (seated), Jeff Bowman, Cory McWilliams, Greg Bratton, and Alicia Rosales. Other cherubs are seated.

observed. The group was actually able to Cees van Staal then joined the trip stand on some mantle rocks, foliated in the and showed the group through more of ductile state while the rocks were behaving the Humber zone and also the volcanics, as mantle. Alain Tremblay of the University metasediments, oxide and sulfide depos- of Quebec was kind enough to lead this its, and blue schists of the Gander zone’s Examining chromite and serpentine veins part of the trip, on which he also had stu- Bathurst Mining Camp in New Brunswick. near Thetford Mines, Quebec dents from his mapping class. From there, it was off to Nova Scotia’s Maguma terrane, where they saw gold- bearing arsenide deposits in saddle reefs and intrusive relationships with North America’s largest pluton, the South Moun- tain Batholith After the GACMAC conference, all participated in a formal GACMAC trip through the Avalon and Gander zones of the Antigonish and Cobequid Highlands (Nova Scotia), and the Fundy shores of St. John, New Brunswick, led by Canadian ge- ologists Brendan Murphy, Georgia Pe-Pip- er, and Sandra Barr. Here, igneous crystal- lization processes, metamorphic mylonites, and Ordovician, Devonian, Carboniferous, and Triassic angular unconformities were studied. What a tectonically busy place the “merry-times” have been! The trip ended with a visit to very high-grade migmatites on Long Island Sound, where some edu- cational outreach was practiced with the locals (see photo). Overall, this was one of the most successful G420 trips, and stu- dents and faculty heartily thank the donors to the department for helping to make this Learning about asbestos trip possible.

4 Studying axial plane cleavage are, from left, Mary Scanlan, Alicia Rosales, Greg Bratton, Valerie Feller, Jeff Bowman, Cory McWilliams, Aaron Satkoski, and Kat Hoffman.

Dipping Late Mississippian carbonates, close associates of our own rocks in Indiana

Fording Fundy Bay at low tide

Lunching on pillow basalts

5 Call it the Go Big Red planet IU a hot spot for Mars mission a go for IU duo Mars research ndiana University scientists David Bish Bish said his team — including col- David Bish and Juergen Schieber, and Juergen Schieber will work on leagues from Los Alamos National Labora- named Tuesday on teams to build teams creating separate instruments for tory, NASA’s Ames Research Center and separate instruments for a planned I 2009 NASA Mars Mission, aren’t the NASA’s next Mars rover mission, set for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory — will 2009–10. need to reduce the instrument’s size to that only scientists at Indiana University The space agency announced teams of “a Coke can” in time for the mission. with an interest in Mars. Several IU Tuesday that will design and build the eight The planned rover, likely to be twice as Bloomington faculty and staff mem- instruments to operate on the rover, called long and three times heavier than the rov- bers are doing Mars-related work. the Mars Science Laboratory. It is the fol- ers currently on Mars, also should feature a • In 2003, NASA made Blooming- low-up mission to the twin rovers, Spirit wide-angle camera developed in part by IU ton the center of the Indiana–Prince- and Opportunity, which continue to ex- associate professor Schieber. ton–Tennessee Astrobiology Institute, plore the Martian surface nearly a year after The microscopic camera created by sedi- directed by IUB Geological Sciences their successful deployment. mentologist Schieber and Ken Edgett of Professor Lisa Pratt. Other IUB mem- “It’s amazing. We have two people from Malin Space Science Systems of San Diego, bers of IPTAI are geologist Edward IU helping build separate instruments,” Calif., figures to provide images of soil, Ripley, artist Ruth Droppo and Uni- Bish said from his office Wednesday after- rocks, and ice with unprecedented high versity Information Technology Ser- noon. “We just found out this morning resolution. vices staff members Douglas Pearson that our team had won (with its proposal), NASA notes the mission should provide and Michael Jasiak. and I was very gratified to learn my IU capacity to search for organic evidence of • Distinguished Professor of Chem- colleague Juergen Schieber is also involved life on Mars, either past or present. istry Gary Hieftje is helping Pratt in a different capacity. I think we’re all kind “It’s very exciting,” Bish said. “And develop a life-sensing probe that the of pinching ourselves, making sure this is everybody was very encouraged by the scientists plan to test-deploy in the Arc- really happening. I began working with this success of the rovers still operating on the tic in 2005. Some version of the probe team around 1990 with this exact sort of surface as we speak. They’re like energizer could be used in a future Mars mission, goal in mind, so it’s truly a thrill.” bunnies. Power generation was supposed perhaps dropped into one of Mars’s icy Bish, the Haydn Murray Chair of Ap- to decline within a year, due to dust on poles from an orbiting satellite. plied Clay Mineralogy at IU’s geology the solar panels, but hasn’t to the degree • Carl Bauer, the Clyde Culbertson department, is working to design and build thought. They just keep going and going. Professor of Biology, is collaborating an X-ray diffraction device small enough Hopefully, our mission will enjoy similar with Pratt on “life in extreme environ- to be successfully carried and operated by success.” ments” research in Oregon. Bauer the rover. It would supply definitive data to This article by Andrew Graham was also a member of Arizona State identify minerals on the Martian surface. appeared in the Dec. 16, 2004, Bloomington University’s astrobiology institute from “We have a lot of information derived Herald-Times and is reprinted with permis- 1997 to 2002. from satellite imagery, which tells us some- sion. Graham can be reached at 331-4346 or • Abhijit Basu, chair of the IUB thing about the chemistry of the surface, by e-mail at [email protected]. geological sciences department, is a but isn’t definitive for identifying miner- petrologist and sedimentologist who als,” Bish said. “And a lot of people has studied both the moon and Mars. have been interested for a very Basu is particularly interested in the long time, for very good geological processes that are likely to reasons, about the exact have pushed silt, dirt, and mud around mineral composition. the Martian surface. Our problem was • Additionally, in 2003, Associ- that an X-ray dif- ate Professor of Geological Sciences fractometer we use Schieber co-authored a paper in the here in a laborato- journal Geology that suggested the ry is equivalent in meteorite ALH84001, which crashed size to about two in Antarctica but is presumed to have normally sized originated on Mars, probably does not kitchen refrig- contain a fossil of Martian life, as some erators, weighing scientists and life-on-Mars enthusi- well over 1,000 asts had hoped. Bish also presented pounds. The his work on X-ray diffractometers to latest version is members of the European Space Agen- one that could be cy in summer 2004. held in one strong — This article is reprinted with hand. We can take it permission from the Dec. 16, 2004, out into the field now, Bloomington Herald-Times. The source with a power-source bat- for the original article is David Bricker, tery in a backpack, and run IU Research & Creative Activity, vol. it off a laptop computer.” XXVII, no. 1, fall 2004.

6 Lectures and Presentations

• Feb. 28, D. Jeffrey Over, State Uni- Colloquium Series versity of New York College at Geneseo, Learn about lectures in “Upper Devonian Mass Extinction and the 2004–05 Frasnian-Famennian Boundary in Eastern advance — via e-mail! • Aug. 30, Brian Keith, Indiana Geo- North America” Would you like to learn about colloquia logical Survey, “Why is there so much • March 7, Yifeng Wang, Sandia Na- and other lectures before they happen Limestone Around Here? — Regional tional Laboratory, “Geochemical Processes rather than a year later in the Hoosier Context for the Geology of Indiana” of Solar Systems — Lunar Formation to Geologic Record? Perhaps you live in or • Sept. 13, David B. Finkelstein, In- Death of the Dinosaurs” near Blooming-ton and would like to diana University, “Fire and Climate: An • March 21, Ben Rostron, University attend our lectures on occasion. Send Example from the Geological Record and of Alberta, “The IEA Weyburn CO2 Se- your e-mail address to tpmiles@indiana. Implications for the Modern” questration Project, Saskatchewan, Canada: edu, and tell us that you would like to • Sept. 20, Steve Guggenheim, Univer- Current Status” be put on our “This Week in Geologi- sity of Illinois at Chicago, “Clay and Gas • March 28, Tom Ahrens, California cal Sciences” mailing list. Hydrate: Potential Effects relating to Cli- Institute of Technology, “Collisional Pro- mate, Change, Energy, and Hazards” cesses of Solar Systems — Lunar Formation • Sept. 24, Kevin Bohacs, ExxonMo- to Death of the Dinosaurs” How We Are Learning More” bil, “Slime, Sand, and Shells: Lacustrine • April 4, Grant Garven, Johns Hop- • Nov. 29, David Pace and Joan Mid- Hydrocarbon Play Elements Within a kins University, “Hot Fluids, Sea Floor Hy- dendorf, Indiana University, “Decoding Continental-environment Phase Stability drogeology, and Formation of the World’s Geology: Helping Students to Think as Framework” Largest Zinc Deposit at Red Dog, Alaska” Geologists” • Sept. 27, Richard Lahann, Lahann • April 18, Caleb Schiff, Indiana Uni- • Dec. 6, Geology Faculty, Indiana Geoservices, “Compaction, Clay Diagen- versity, “Width and Oxygen Composition University, “Breaking the Bottlenecks: En- esis, and Excess Fluid Pressure” of Tree Rings as Proxy for Recent Southern hancing Student Learning in Introductory • Oct. 4, Gary Pavlis, Indiana Uni- Indiana Climate” Geology Classes” versity, “Direct Imaging with Broadband • April 25, Shelly D. Kelly, Argonne • Jan. 27, Ralph Milliken, Brown Seismic Arrays: New Eyes for Looking into National Laboratory, “Biogeochemical University, “Ice-rich Deposits and Climate the Earth” Processes Affecting Uranium in Calcium Change: Evidence for Recent Glacial Peri- • Oct. 18, Priscilla P. Nelson, National Carbonate Systems — Atomic-scale Inter- ods on Mars” Science Foundation, “Rooted in Geosci- actions Related to Macroscopic Properties” • Feb. 3, Brandy Anglen, Indiana Uni- ences — Underground and Infrastructure: versity, “A Summer of Geological Research Science, Engineering, and Shakespeare” Other presentations in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica” • Nov. 1, Chusi Li, Indiana University, • Feb. 7, N. Ross Hill, ChevronTexaco, • Oct. 6, Colin C. Harvey, Geothermal “The Fascinating Stories of Overlooked “Gaussian Beam Methods in Seismic Imag- Minerals, Groundwater, and Geomicrobi- Mineral Textures: Yours to Discover” ing” ology Research, “Current Research at the • Nov. 15, Lisa Pratt, Indiana Univer- • Feb. 24, J. Robert Dodd, Indiana New Zealand Institute of Geological and sity, “If We Encounter Life on Mars, Will University, “Rhinos, Rifts, and Rocks of Nuclear Sciences” We Recognize It?” Tanzania — A Geological Travelog” • Oct. 26, Janice Bishop, NASA/SETI, • Jan. 24, Victor Bense, Indiana Uni- • March 8, Yifeng Wang, Sandia Na- “The Surface of Mars: What We Know, and versity, “The Hydraulic tional Laboratory, “Evaluation Properties of Faults: Faults as of Microbial Activity in Deep Seals, Faults as Channels” Geological Nuclear-Waste Re- • Jan. 31, Liliana Lefti- positories” cariu, Indiana University, • March 21, Ben Rostron, “Gypsum-anhydrite Transi- University of Alberta, “Geo- tion: A Source of Water Dur- chemistry of Deep Formation ing Diagenesis?” Waters in the Williston Basin: • Feb. 7, N. Ross Hill, New Insights from Isotope and ChevronTexaco “Seismic Im- Bromine Data” aging of Complex Geological • March 29, Tom Ahrens, Structures” California Institute of Technol- • Feb. 21, Michael Ham- ogy, “Shock Compression of burger, Indiana University, Solid and Molten Minerals and “Deconstructing Catastrophe: the Nature and Evolution of the Understanding the Causes Earth’s Interior” and Consequences of the • April 22, Mainak Great Sumatra Earthquake Department of Geological Sciences chair Abhijit Basu, right, presents a Mookherjee, University of and Tsunami of Dec. 26, certificate of appreciation to Fred Hilterman for his presentation of the Michigan, “High-pressure Be- 2004” 2004 annual lecture in geophysics in memory of Daniel Tudor. havior of Hydrous Phases”

7 Geologic Field Station Update

Change of guard at the Geologic Field Station nother era has ended in our beloved Edward Ripley and Bruce Douglas, who are curricular matters as our methods of data and world-renowned Judson Mead longtime faculty of the field station. They gathering evolve. The field station adminis- AGeologic Field Station. After a full will be principally responsible for all activi- tration will continue to report to the dean decade of holding the helm, Jim Brophy is ties related directly to the academic pro- of the College of Arts and Sciences and not stepping down from the director’s position gram, including preparing for the courses to the chair. to return to full-time research and teaching in Bloomington. The department chair will The legacy of Vitaliano-Lowell-Mead- on campus. During these years, Brophy has chair the committee and will be principally Suttner-Brophy is not easy to maintain by astutely managed our field program in the responsible for all that is done from Bloom- just one person. Brophy was perhaps the face of budget cuts and a national down- ington during the academic year. This will last of the Mohicans to shoulder respon- trend in enrollment. He has traveled to include recruiting and dissemination of sibilities that are now distributed to three. different schools for recruitment, assigned information about the field station, budget We are grateful to all five, but more imme- faculty responsibilities intelligently, and has management, fund raising, and overseeing diately to Jim Brophy. Thank you, Jim. taken on additional teaching responsibilities on campus. He came to know all ranch- ers in the area, and they knew him. Times have changed much. When Judson Mead In memoriam was the director, all ranchers rode horses; Word was received shortly before the Hoosier Geologic Record went to press that An- now, many drive cattle on motorized four- thony “Gene” Hinton died on Aug. 10. Hinton was resident manager of the Geo- wheeled mountain bikes. Brophy has seen logic Field Station in Montana for more than 20 years. He is fondly remembered this change around him. We will sorely miss by scores of students, faculty, staff, and their families for the immeasurable ways in him but know that his love for the field sta- which he made their lives at the field station better. tion will bring him back. Hinton’s death was preceded by the death of his wife, Lois, on Aug. 4 and the So, how are we coping with this mo- death of her 102-year-old mother, Peg Dutton, on Aug. 3. Peg was the spouse of mentous change? We have formed a three- the late Herb Dutton, who was resident manager of the field station in the 1950s person committee to run the field station and early ’60s. until a long-term director is identified and appointed. The committee will consist of

Looking back: Hoosier Geologic Record nostalgia unveiled

hat was happening in where he served as secretary and as a mem- IU Foundation. Our budget is not keeping Wthe department ber of the Agenda Committee.” up with inflation. …” [That plea could still nine, 24, and 50 years • “Patty Byrum celebrated 11 years at apply today.] ago? One way to find the department last February.” [Patty still • “Lee Suttner has been elected vice out is to search in the works in the department as administrative president of the National Association of archives of past issues secretary in the chair’s office.] Geology Teachers.” of the Hoosier Geologic • “George Nevers was installed as presi- • “Dr. George White, retired chairman Record or its predecessor newsletter. By the dent and Malcolm Boyer as vice president of the Geology Department of the Uni- way, the reason for the nine and 24 years [of the advisory board].” versity of Illinois, has donated an extensive ago is that apparently the HGR was not • “The Geology Library continues to collection of reprints on glaciology and published10 and 25 years ago. grow in size and reputation and now has history of geology to the IU Geology De- passed 102,000 volumes, 305,000 maps, partment.” Nine Years Ago: 1996 and 26,000 microforms.” • “Last Oct. 30–31, 19 high-school • John Hayes was department chair in • “Gary Lane is undertaking the writing of earth-science teachers and 15 students 1996. This issue of the HGR included ar- a history of the department. There is a wealth participated in a high-school earth-sci- ticles paying tribute to three faculty retirees of unpublished materials in the University ence conference sponsored by the Geology during the previous year: Don Hattin, Alan Archives, which he has begun to assemble.” Department.” Horowitz, and Gary Lane. • “[Kase] Klein wins Screwball award!” • “Charles [Professor Emeritus] and 24 Years Ago: 1981 • “During the fall semester of 1980, Dorothy Vitaliano were among eight • Haydn Murray was department chair, Professor Giani Lombardi of the Univer- Americans who participated in midsummer and in his note to alumni and friends, he sity of Rome was a visiting professor in the 1994 in a two-week seminar on the volca- cited the need for more financial support. Geology Department. Professor Lombardi noes of Kamchatka.” “We need additional industrial fellowship taught a course in igneous petrology dur- • “Dave Towell completed his latest support and increased alumni contributions ing his stay in Bloomington.” term on the Bloomington Faculty Council, to the Geology Department Fund in the (continued on page 13) 8 Indiana Geological Survey Update

IGS continues leadership in Indiana and beyond his overview of the activities of 80 workshops and topic sessions. Indiana the Indiana Geological Survey International forum on Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman, special guest Thighlights just a few of the many industrial minerals speaker, reiterated the importance of GIS projects and programs taking place in “the Nelson Shaffer served as the general chair to Indiana’s state agencies, local govern- other side of the building.” Visit the IGS for the 40th International Forum on the ments, universities, businesses, and home- Web site at http://igs.indiana.edu for more Geology of Industrial Minerals, May 2–7, land security, and spoke on how the new information or to contact staff members. 2004, hosted by the Indiana Geological 2005 orthophotography of the state would Survey. Many IGS staff members participat- provide a high-quality, high-resolution base IGS Exposition 2005 ed as presenters and field-trip leaders and map of Indiana with many unforeseen busi- The Indiana Geological Survey hosted a helped to organize the meeting. ness opportunities. daylong exposition in the Indiana State (continued on page 10) House on Feb. 17. Through a series of IGS hosts Ground displays and computer demonstrations oc- cupying the entire north atrium of the State Water Conference House, staff of the IGS demonstrated how The Indiana Geological Survey hosted the their directed research and information and 29th Annual Midwest Ground Water Con- educational outreach activities benefit the ference in the fall of 2004. Hydrogeologist quality of life and economic development Sally Letsinger organized the event with of Indiana. the help of IGS staff. Approximately 300 state legislators, state agency heads, and business leaders IGS continues GIS were invited for an opportunity to meet and discuss with IGS staff how this institu- leadership in Indiana tion serves the citizens, businesses, and The Indiana Geological Survey co-hosted, government agencies throughout the state. along with the Indiana Geographic Infor- Among the notables to attend were Gov. mation Council, another very successful Mitch Daniels and the new commissioner Indiana GIS conference this year. The of IDEM, Tom Easterly. conference was held at Union Station in downtown Indianapolis on March 9–10. More than 360 attendees chose from eight concurrent sessions and more than Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman

IGS coal geologist Maria Mastalerz, left, and director John Steinmetz, center, welcome Gov. Mitch Daniels to the IGS Expo. HASTI The IGS again was a strong presence at the 35th annual convention of the Hoosier Association of Science Teachers Inc. at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis Feb. 2–4. IGS staff conducted three workshops and hosted a booth with a large offering of earth-science instructional materials. The booth provided more than 2,000 Indiana science teachers with the opportunity to obtain Indiana-specific earth-science in- structional resources and to learn about Geologists from over the world attended the International Forum on the Geology of Indus- Indiana geology from experts. trial Minerals, held at IU and hosted by the Indiana Geological Survey. 9 explains how coal is formed and gives a Survey update historical look at the small coal mine that (continued from page 9) is located at the park. On Earth Day 2005, The IGS, along with Indiana University, Lincoln State Park celebrated the opening will co-host the 2005 Midwest Arc User of a new trail and display about the strip Group conference Oct. 5–7, in Blooming- coal mining that took place there and the ton, Ind. The conference brings together subsequent restoration of Weber Lake to a GIS software users from 14 Midwestern vital environment for wildlife. states to share information about innovative uses of geographic information systems. Kudos! The IGS received a Special Achievement Wilfrido Solano-Acosta received this in Geographic Information Systems Award year’s Patton Award, presented by the Indi- at the 25th Annual ESRI International ana Geological Survey and the Department User Conference in July. The award is an of Geological Sciences, for his proposal acknowledgement of our GIS activities, titled “Micro-Fracture Patterns of Indiana particularly “A GIS Atlas for Indiana,” IGS maps more of state Coals: Effects of Rank and Tectonic Setting which is available on the Web. The STATEMAP Project continues to fund upon Cleat Formation, and Implications for “A GIS Atlas for Indiana” and its associ- IGS mapping efforts. This year’s award Coalbed Methane Recovery.” The award is ated tutorial received the 2005 GIS Achieve- will fund geological mapping of two sub- presented annually in memory of John B. ment Award in the category of State and projects: 1) Glacial Geology of the Muncie Patton, former director of the Indiana Geo- Federal Government from the Indiana Geo- Area, and 2) Bedrock and Unconsolidated logical Survey and head of the Department graphic Information Council at the 2005 Geology of the Monroe County Area. The of Geological Sciences. It is presented to meeting of the Indiana GIS Initiative. scientists involved from the Environmental a graduate student undertaking geological Geology and the Coal and Industrial Min- research in Indiana. The award of $1,000 erals sections include: Steve Brown, Marni will be used by Solano-Acosta to further his Dickson, Walter Hasenmueller, Christina doctoral research. James, Brian Keith, Jennifer Olejnik, (continued on page 11) Robin Rupp, and Todd Thompson. The IGS also received notice of an additional grant for the USGS-funded Central Great Lakes Geologic Mapping Coalition. These funds will provide further support for Kevin Spindler’s hydrogeologic modeling research. Geology in state parks IGS staffers Barbara Hill, Kimberly Sowder, and Licia Weber collaborated with staff from Indiana’s State Park sys- tem to create several outside displays. The Brian Keith, left, presents the annual Patton signage they created at Lincoln State Park Award to Wilfrido Solano-Acosta.

IGS geochemist advises NRC Tracy Branam gave a presentation to the National Research Council Committee on Mine Placement of Coal Combustion By- Products and led them on a field trip to a Midwestern mine in March. The title of Branam’s oral presentation was “Summary of Hydrologic and Geochemical Studies at the Midwestern Reclamation Site in Pike County, Indiana.” The NRC committee was formed in response to a request from Congress that the National Academies con- duct a study to examine the health, safety, and environmental risks associated with us- ing coal-combustion wastes for reclamation in active and abandoned coal mines. New coal mining displays at Lincoln State Park

10 Faculty/Research Scientists Notes

bhijit Basu is breaking out from his ogy course that has been part of the depart- spent two months as a visiting scientist at long-standing moon research into ment’s curriculum for many decades. the DLR German Space Agency in Berlin. AMars and Earth. Mihaela Glamo- As a product of his collaboration since He continues to work with Haydn Murray clija, a postdoctoral fellow from Belgrade 1991 with scientists at the Los Alamos on studies of clay minerals under high shear (Serbia) with an Italian PhD, and Basu are National Laboratory and the NASA Ames rates to investigate the behavior of clay comparing geological processes and their Laboratory, Bish has participated in the suspensions under the most demanding of products in the moon, Mars, and Earth design and construction of a miniatur- technical applications. over the last 4.5 billion years. Basu and ized X-ray diffraction/X-ray fluorescence Bish holds the prestigious position of Sarbani Patranabis Deb, a visiting fellow instrument for planetary exploration. Field- president of the International Natural from India, are investigating the tectonic testing of the instrument in Death Valley Zeolite Association. Together, all of his implications of the petrology of newly was successful, leading to the inclusion of professional activities are leaving little time discovered late Proterozoic volaniclastic the instrument on the payload of the next for him to find new jukeboxes for his col- sandstones containing primary igneous major mission to Mars (see story on page lection, but his basement diner is taking garnets in a purportedly rift tectonosome. 6). Also related to his interests in Mars shape nicely. Basu continues to teach his favorite intro- exploration has been Bish’s investigation of Jim Brophy continues to carry a heavy ductory course on meteorites and planets possible mineral hosts for Martian water, teaching load at both the 100 and 200 and will teach a Hutton Honors College using both experimental and modeling levels. Prior to leaving for Montana for his seminar titled Theory of the Earth. He is approaches. Data he and his students are last year as director of the Judson Mead still editing books for the Geological Soci- collecting will be important in deciphering Geologic Field Station, he will be spend- ety of America and serving as the chair of where water might be contained on the ing three weeks in Greece with Christine the Department of Geological Sciences. Martian surface and how it might evolve or Shriner and Matt Campbell to carry on Since joining the faculty as the inaugural sorb in day-night cycles. The data also will with the Greek Bronze Age geoarchaeol- Haydn Murray Professor of Applied Clay help to predict the types of hydration and ogy work, which is now funded by NEH. Mineralogy, David Bish has been extraor- dehydration effects that might be induced In August, Brophy will be one of about 30 dinarily productive in teaching, research, when placing samples into the 2009 Mars petrologists in the world invited to a special and national professional activities. Soon Science Laboratory. Also closely collabo- research conference to honor the retire- after his arrival, he introduced new gradu- rating with Bish on a variety of studies of ment of Ian Carmichael from Berkeley. The ate-level courses in zeolite mineralogy Mars mineralogy are scientists from Univer- conference is to be held at Camp Davis, the and X-ray diffraction, the latter of which sity of Cologne, University of Napoli , the field station for the University of Michigan, uses the new automated powder diffrac- Hebrew University, Southern Illinois and located about 30 miles south of Jackson, tion instruments he played a pivotal role in Brown universities, and the University of Wyo., giving him a first-hand compara- obtaining. He also teaches the clay-mineral- Florida. To facilitate this collaboration, Bish tive look at their field facility. Brophy also continues to review and evaluate petrologic data collected at Yucca Mountain, the pro- Survey update heim, Norway. The title of his talk was posed site for nuclear-waste disposal. “Tides and Their Implications for Sedi- Bruce Douglas continues to be involved (continued from page 10) mentation Rates, Paleoclimates, Tectonics, in a number of ongoing projects with a pri- Agnieszka Drobniak and Maria Mas- and the Human Reproductive Cycle.” In mary focus on developing an understanding talerz were awarded the Best Poster Award presenting the lecture, Kvale joined a long of various deformation mechanisms that for the World of Coal Ash symposium in line of international geoscientists who are active in the brittle and ductile portions Lexington, Ky. The poster was titled “Asso- have helped in keeping with Victor Gold- of the lithosphere. A number of field stud- ciations of Mercury in Indiana Coal and Fly schmidt’s reputation for communicating ies are centered in the Western Cordillera. Ash; Insights from Sequential Extraction geoscientific ideas. One field study in southwestern Montana Technique.” The international symposium Maria Mastalerz received the Organic is investigating the movement history of was attended by about 600 scientists and Petrology Award at the International Com- a set of faults that have been repeatedly policy-makers. mittee for Coal and Organic Petrology reactivated since Precambrian time. These Rachel Walker successfully defended meeting last fall in Budapest. This is the faults cut both Archean basement, Paleo- her dissertation and graduated with a PhD first Organic Petrology Award, given “in zoic, and Mesozoic cover rocks within the from the Department of Geological Sci- recognition of outstanding contributions Tobacco Root Mountains and are partially ences. The title of her dissertation was to organic petrology and leadership in responsible for the development of Tertiary “Insights into the Coking Behavior of promoting the development and applying extensional basins in the region. A second, Southern Indiana Coals: Bulk and Indi- innovative methodologies to the study of new field study involves the development vidual Maceral Chemistries.” Walker has coal.” In Mastalerz’s receiving the award, of similar extensional basins in the Warner moved on to a job with a commercial coal the Indiana Geological Survey’s reputation Valley region of south-central Oregon. This petrology lab, after being with the Indiana as an internationally recognized institute of region has a unique hydrologic regime in Geological Survey for six years. geological research was notably advanced. which the geometry of the faults and as- Erik Kvale presented an invited talk at John Rupp is the new assistant director sociated fracture sets (classic half-graben the prestigious Goldschmidt Lecture at the of research, a newly created position. geometries with well-developed accommo- Norwegian Geological Survey in Trond- (continued on page 12)

11 Faculty notes (continued from page 11) Trees honor Shaver and Horowitz You may recall that last year’s HGR included a note announcing our hope of dedi- dation zones) provide the primary ground- cating two gingko trees (“living fossils”) near the Geology Building to the memory water flow paths. Douglas is working with of former IU faculty members Robert Shaver and Alan Horowitz. Thanks to gener- graduate student Mikki Osterloo (presently ous contributions from alumni and colleagues, this hope has become a reality. The completing an internship at Los Alamos trees are growing near another gingko tree that was previously dedicated in honor National Labs) to use remote sensing tech- of Gary Lane on the occasion of his retirement. Thus, three gingko trees across 10th niques to map the tectonic and hydrologic Street from the Geology Building honor these three renowned IU paleontologists. features within an otherwise featureless The trees are relatively small now, but we hope they will grow into giants like the volcanic bedrock geology. scientists they commemorate. Douglas is also investigating the rheo- logical properties of the South American lithosphere above a 1,000-kilometer tran- ing Community, which has had significant a special offering from the joint survey/ sect of the Chile Trench that includes the impact on her ability to communicate re- department’s Center for Geospatial Data Chile Rise triple junction. Studies involve sults of her research to undergraduates, and Analysis on GIS and GPS applications to direct observations involving petrographic, has been appointed a senior fellow of the geology with special emphasis on the geol- geochemical, and rheologic characteristics Informatics Research Institute at Indiana ogy and hydrogeology of the Griffy Lake of mantle xenoliths. Douglas is working University. Research and Teaching Preserve on the with graduate student Allison Moore to use Research Scientist Chusi Li continues to north side of Bloomington. these direct observations as constraints for do a superb job of supervising the electron Olyphant’s environmental and ground- a finite element model of the coupling and probe lab, while at the same time assisting and-surface-water research ranges across mantle flow forces involved in this subduc- in teaching and collaborating with faculty a broad spectrum. Included are studies of tion zone. and scientists from outside Indiana Univer- E. coli-induced beach closures at the In- In addition to the research and depart- sity on a vibrant program of research. He diana Dunes State Park and the efficacy of mental teaching, Douglas is handling two is responsible for teaching the operation of a constructed wetland on reducing the E. administrative positions. He is the director the electron probe and assisting students coli concentrations, the modeling of 3-D of the bachelor of science in environmental and faculty on their use of the instrument. variably saturated groundwater flow in gla- science degree program (offered jointly be- He has been a co-principal investigator on cial aquifers, and nitrate loading of shallow tween the College of Arts and Sciences and successful NSF proposals for funding of a water-table aquifers under agricultural fields the School of Public and Environmental variety of other instruments making up the receiving fertilizers and manure. Olyphant Affairs), and he also is the associate director department’s first-class analytical facilities. also is collaborating with Byron Stone of for academics for the Judson Mead Geo- Funding from NSF supports Li’s exten- the USGS on studies of the hydrology of logic Field Station of Indiana University. sive research on the origin and exploration glacial terrains, Keith Clay of the IU De- With the department’s reduced number of Ni-Cu_PGE ore deposits worldwide. partment of Biology on abiotic effects of of paleontology faculty, Claudia Johnson Scientists from the American Museum of the brood X cicada emergence, and Sally has been the sole provider of courses in Natural History in New York and from Letsinger of the Indiana Geological Survey paleobiology, teaching a 100-level course South Korea and Canada are working with on watershed assessment and remediation on dinosaurs and 500-level courses in him on this comprehensive study. Last year, planning. paleoecology and paleobiogeography. In Li co-taught at Hong Kong University in With continued population growth, the addition, she teaches the required course China with Ed Ripley a short course on world is running out of freshwater. This for undergraduate majors in sedimentology the geology and genesis of magmatic ore has led some hydrologists, including In- and stratigraphy. With generous support deposits. diana University’s Mark Person, to study from alumni and friends of the department, Enrique Merino continues research on unconventional freshwater supplies in off- she has been able to offer four field trips in geochemical phenomena such as dolomiti- shore settings. As part of an NSF grant to the latter course. zation, weathering, and ore genesis. These study the Pleistocene Hydrogeology of the Johnson is near completion of her NSF- and others are metasomatic phenomena, Atlantic Continental Shelf, Person drilled a funded project on Oligocene reefs from whose characteristic spatial expressions 100-meter bore hole on Nantucket Island Puerto Rico. On this study she has been such as crystalline replacement textures and in August 2005 to sample unusually fresh collaborating with Wilson Rameriz of the zonations can best be understood by taking pore fluids from pro-glacial lake deposits. University of Puerto Rico in section mea- direct account of their dynamic, or non- The study seeks to understand why large surement, sample analysis for depositional equilibrium, nature. Some of this approach volumes of freshwater were emplaced environment interpretation, and strontium has filtered into the geochemistry course within shallow confined aquifers as far as isotope age determinations. She has a num- Merino teaches for upper-division and 100 kilometers offshore New England and ber of papers in preparation and in press on graduate students and into invited lectures New Jersey during the Pleistocene. Person a variety of topics related to her research given last year at Nice, Florence, Aix-en- was accompanied by Andee Marksammer, interests on bivalves, Cretaceous warm Provence, Barcelona, Illinois at Chicago, a new graduate student from Wesleyan climates, and oceanographic and climatic the Jet Propulsion Lab, and the Idaho College who joined Person’s lab this year. fluctuations. Johnson also gave an invited Goldschmidt Conference. Marksammer assisted Person in drilling lecture in the Fossil Reef Symposium at the Greg Olyphant continues his longtime a 100-meter well to analyze the isotopic GSA North-Central Section meeting in St. teaching responsibilities in geomorphology composition of pore fluids trapped within Louis. From 2000 to 2004, she was a Pale- and surface water hydrology. In addition, 18,000-year-old proglacial lake sediments. ontological Society Distinguished Lecturer. he has recently teamed with Sally Letsinger Marksammer will also be assisting Person In the past year, she was honored with of the Indiana Geological Survey and as- in developing 3-D data sets for a new high- selection as a fellow of the Faculty Learn- sociate instructor Adam Davis in creating performance groundwater flow model

12 Person has developed with help from David tablished in 1974 to promote cooperation In August 2004, Person welcomed a Dahlstrom and Peng Wang at IU’s Uni- between international researchers and to set new Dutch postdoctoral fellow to Indiana versity Information Technology Services. the agenda for research funding within the University, Victor Bense. Bense and Person This groundwater flow and solute transport European Union. Their goal is to identify will be working on fault permeability issues model will explore the role that Pleistocene areas in which new, interdisciplinary ap- during the next two years. Bense replaces sea-level fluctuations and ice sheet melt- proaches need to be developed in order to Person’s former postdoc, Yongli Gao, who waters have had in recharging continental- resolve controversial issues. A book based left IU in July 2004 to accept a tenure- shelf aquifers during the last two million on the findings of the conference is due out track faculty position at East Tennessee years. Person is also working with a group in 2007 from MIT press. Person, with a State University in Johnson City. of Dutch scientists to submit a proposal to group of co-authors, will be contributing a In addition to continuing to teach his the International Ocean Drilling Program chapter to this book, focusing on the role popular 400-level course in economic to drill six wells off Martha’s Vineyard in of fluids in earthquake dynamics. geology and co-teaching with Lisa Pratt water depths between 20 to 100 meters Person was awarded a grant from the isotopic geochemistry, Ed Ripley resur- during the summer of 2007. Swiss Herbette Foundation for Natural Sci- rected and completely revised the senior- In January 2005, Person traveled to ences to present a short course on ground- level optical mineralogy course, which has Berlin to participate in the 95th Dahlem water and geology processes. As part of his not been offered for at least a decade. The workshop, titled “The Dynamics of Fault three-week visit to the University of Laus- new version of this course has an expanded Zones.” Dahlem Conferences, funded by anne in December 2005, he will collaborate treatment of petrology, including study of the German Science Foundation, were es- with students and faculty from the Institute a sequence of rocks from the area around of Mineralogy and Petrology on hydrologic the Judson Mead Geologic Field Station in problems associated with contact and re- Montana. Nostalgia gional metamorphism. Major research funding from NSF, Person’s first doctoral student at Indiana ORNL, NASA, and the China Research (continued from page 8) University, Linda Zhang, will be graduating Grants Council permits Ripley to pursue a 50 Years Ago: 1955 this June. Zhang was recently awarded the topically and geographically diverse array • Charles Deiss was chair in 1955. This prestigious Turner Postdoctoral Fellowship of studies. Among them are stable isotope newsletter included photos of those faculty from the University of Michigan and will examinations of the Voisey’s Bay Cu-Ni- attending the AAPG meetings in New York travel to Ann Arbor, Mich., in August to Co deposit in Labrador, Canada; Cu-Ni City and of the Indiana Geological Survey begin work with professors Clara Castro sulfide deposits on Duke Island, Alaska; staff. Many of the people in those 50-year- and Lynn Walter on geochemical and noble and the Jinchuan Ni-Cu deposit in western old photos are still with us, including Lou gas studies of groundwaters in sedimentary China. He is also studying the petrogenetic Miller, Charlie Miller, Haydn Murray, Dan basins. Zhang was also awarded the Est- controls on the Fe-Ti-V oxide deposits as- Sullivan, Maurice Biggs, Bob Blakely, Bill wing Hammer Prize from the Department sociated with the Permian Emeishan flood Moran, Charles Weir, Stan Keller, and of Geological Sciences for outstanding basaltic magmatism in southwest China and Mary-Beth Fox. academic achievement this year. (continued on page 14) • Graduate assistants in 1955 included Bruce Bohor, Malcolm Boyce, James Koe- ning, Victor Koskinen, Richard Larson, Department of Geological Sciences faculty, staff George Moore, Rosalia Rey, and Lawrence Rooney. Research assistants were Wayne Professors: Abhijit Basu (chair), David Bish, Simon Brassell, James Brophy, Jeremy Fowler, James Noel, Irwin Parrish, Paul Dunning, Michael Hamburger, Claudia Johnson, Enrique Merino, Gregory Oly- Raymond, and Charles Reynolds. Fellows phant, Mark Person, Gary Pavlis, Lisa Pratt, Edward Ripley, Bradley Ritts, Juergen were Jack Harrison, Alan Horowitz, and Schieber, Robert Wintsch Joseph St. Jean. Part-time professors: Henk Haitjema (SPEA), Brian Keith (survey), Peter Ortoleva • Alan Wilson, senior lecturer in petrol- (chemistry), Carl Rexroad (survey), Jeffrey White (SPEA), David Krinsley, Richard ogy at the University of Western Austra- Lahann, Sally Letsinger (survey) lia, was a visiting professor while Charles Research scientists: Bruce Douglas, Erika Elswick, Kaj Johnson, Chusi Li, Peter Vitaliano was on sabbatical leave in New Sauer, Arndt Schimmelmann, Christine Shriner Zealand. Visiting research scientists and postdoctoral fellows: Victor Bense, Sarbani • The department was involved with Patranabis Deb, David Finkelstein, Mihaela Glamoclija, Hiromi Konishi , Richard producing an educational movie titled The Lahann, Liliana Lefticariu, Craig Moore State Beneath Us. “[The movie] … tells the Emeriti faculty: Robert Blakely, J. Robert Dodd, John Droste, Donald Hattin, work of the Indiana Geological Survey and Norman Hester, Erle Kauffman, Noel Krothe, N. Gary Lane, Judson Mead, Hadyn presents a general review of the geology of H. Murray, Albert Rudman, Lee J. Suttner, David Towell Indiana. [It] is nearly completed after a year of work. The picture is in color and sound Staff: Patty Byrum, administrative secretary; Ken DeHart, computer systems man- and runs approximately 20 minutes.” [Do ager; Ruth Droppo, senior office services assistant; Laura Gano, fiscal officer; Cindy you suppose a copy of that movie still ex- Hale, administrative secretary, Geological Field Station; Mary Iverson, student re- ists?] cords; Tricia P. Miles, grant monitor/administrative support; DeAnn Reinhart, grant • “The summer field camp was held monitor/administrative support; Heather Steele, receptionist/purchasing represen- from June 21 to Aug. 13, 1954. Twenty-six tative; Terry Stigall, geophysics electronics technician; Steve Studley, manager, mass students were enrolled in the course.” Four spectrometry lab of the students were from other colleges. Library: Linda Zellmer, librarian; Linda Stewart, circulation/reserves; Barbara Cox, Staff were Wayne Lowell and Ralph Esary, technical services with Larry Rooney as a graduate assistant.

13 Faculty notes (continued from page 13) is co-investigator with Oak Ridge National Lab scientists on a project investigating hydrogen production from naturally oc- curring iron silicates. Ripley and Lisa Pratt share a nearly $5 million grant with four other universities and three government labs; the grant funds the Indiana–Princ- eton–Tennessee Astrobiology Initiative for detection of biosustainable energy and nutrient cycles in the deep subsurface of Earth and Mars. Ripley’s research-related travel has been extensive. He continues fieldwork in Alaska and has given short courses and invited lec- tures at Laurentian University in Sudbury, the University of Hong Kong and Lanzhou University in China, and at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Juergen Schieber is, as he puts it, “bloody busy” on a number of fronts. He and graduate student Remus Lazor organized and led the Great Lakes Section- SEPM field conference in southern Indiana and north-central Kentucky in fall 2004. The conference focused on mud-rocks and was well attended, with more than 60 Honored for their years of service to Indiana University are, from left, Patty Byrum (20 participants from as far away as Louisiana. years), Ken DeHart (25 years), and Mary Iverson (40 years). Thank you! The field guide for the conference can be obtained from the Indiana Geological the machine is in press. The new SEM gives the northern New England Appalachians, Survey, where it is Open File Study 04-05, the department state-of-the-art instrumen- having guest leaders in the Adirondacks, titled “Devonian Black Shales of the East- tation combining EDS, EBSD, Color-CL, Vermont, coastal Maine, and Boston. This ern U.S.: New Insights into Sedimentology and ESEM capabilities on a single machine. spring semester, he taught 18 students in and Stratigraphy from the Subsurface and Because of the very expensive maintenance the 200-level petrology course, an enroll- Outcrops in the Illinois and Appalachian contract, scientists from outside the depart- ment the department hopes to see increase, Basins.” ment are encouraged to use the instrument since it is a pathway course for majors. This year, Schieber will co-convene a at a modest hourly rate. Wintsch just returned from the latest G420 two-day SEPM Research Symposium on Arndt Schimmelmann accepted an in- field trip to the Canadian “Merrytimes” mudstone geology for the 2005 AAPG/ vitation to participate in a 10-day research (see story on pages 4–5). In between teach- SEPM meeting in Calgary. cruise to the Santa Monica and Santa Bar- ing and running field trips, Wintsch serves Schieber continues as a member of the bara basins aboard the R/V New Horizon as undergraduate student adviser and un- editorial board of Geology and is also on the last June. The cruise was organized and dergraduate curriculum reviser. team for the 2009 Mars Science Laboratory led by David Valentine of the University of Wintsch’s collaboration with several (see story on page 6). The group will assist California, Santa Barbara, and Alex Sessions geologists and geochronologists of the in imaging (they hope) lots of sedimentary from Caltech. Schimmelmann advised on USGS continues to be strong. His students rocks and will be involved with day-to-day the collection of sediment samples. Follow- continue to work on projects that include planning/designing of rover operations up collaboration is under way with Ses- 40/39 argon dating. Wintsch’s latest paper while it is operating on Mars (i.e., basically, sions. Last fall, Schimmelmann spent nearly (including John Aleinikoff’s U-Pb dating preparing the next day’s mission and com- two weeks in the Department of Earth of titanite) just came out in a “Truth and mands in response to the previous day’s Sciences, Zhejiang University, Mangzhou, Beauty in Metamorphism” issue of the Ca- findings). Much closer to home, with major China, where he lectured on hydrogen nadian Mineralogist. He is about to begin support from NSF, Schieber has completed isotopes in organic fossil material. This is an NSF-sponsored, three-year collaboration the flume in the basement of the Geol- leading to collaboration on a study of stable with Mike Dorais to try to sort out which ogy Building and it is now set up for the isotopes in marine sediments from the terrane arrived in New England when and first series of experiments on the transport South China Sea. Locally, Schimmelmann is how the crust was thickened. of fine-grained sediment. First results of responsible for teaching and organizing the Wintsch was pleased to be invited to the the experiments will be presented at the geology merit-badge program for the Boy present several talks this year. In July, Bob AAPG/SEPM meeting in Calgary. The Scouts of America Troop 170. Hatcher invited him to the 17th Inter- Filed Emission SEM — for which Schieber Bob Wintsch has been busy, as usual. national Basement Tectonic Conference, played a major role in securing funding and His fall G111 class was cancelled, but he “4-D Framework of Continental Crust which is critical to his study of mudrocks did teach his 500-level metamorphic petrol- — Integrating Crustal Processes Through — is now fully equipped and functional. ogy course, including a field trip. In sum- Time.” In August, Wintsch gave a talk The first publication with images taken on mer 2004, he led the G420 field trip across titled “Sources of Fluids and Controls on

14 Mineral Growth and Dissolution in Fault mas, they visited a granddaughter and her its regional office. John is going through Zones” at the Gordon Research Confer- husband in Tomball, Texas, a northern these logs and saving (and marking) logs ence on Rock Deformation. He followed suburb of Houston. There Bob and Rosan- that are not currently in the survey files. this up in October with more talks on na enjoyed Christmas with three great- About a year ago, John completed a long- related subjects at the University of Illinois grandchildren. The timing was good, as a term project of selecting type logs for wells at Chicago and at Texas A&M University. 22-inch record-breaking snowstorm roared throughout the state. These are especially The department’s newest faculty mem- into Bloomington the day after they had good and helpful logs that are being digi- ber, Chen Zhu, hit the teaching ground left for Texas. tized and put on the IGS Web site. John running, with the introduction of a new Every month, Bob gets together with has also been studying the Pennsylvanian 500-level course on geochemical modeling a lunch bunch including Maurice Biggs, portion of many well logs. This portion of that had a whopping inaugural enrollment Allan Gutstadt, Judson Mead, Albert the log is complex and has not previously of 14 students. The course introduces Rudman, and Kenny Vance. They discuss been adequately studied. students to both batch-type geochemical advances in geophysics, world events, and When John’s eyes begin to tire in the models and mass-transport processes in their aches, pains, and doctor appoint- late morning, he goes home, where he and environmental and geological systems. Zhu ments. From time to time, Bob has lunch his wife, Mary, are involved in many proj- also teaches half of the 400-level course on with Tom Zeller, who now works at IU’s ects. They are both active in church work, principles of hydrogeology and has assisted Computing Center. and John retains his interest in the local in teaching of the introductory geochemis- The Blakelys recently drove the length Boy Scout program. John says he does not try course. of the Mississippi River from its source in go fishing as much as he used to because Zhu’s external research funding supports Minnesota to the end of the delta in Loui- his knees will not take long periods of sit- a number of major projects and two post- siana, taking 35 mm slides along the way. ting in the boat. doctoral students who are working with They took the journey in three segments of Don Hattin has completed work on a him on these projects. The projects include about two weeks each. As they have done biography of wife Marge’s grandfather, and study of silicate reaction kinetics in Arizona in the past, they show these slides to groups the book has been published by Author- and New Mexico aquifers, high-resolu- in Bloomington. That trip worked so well House of Bloomington, Ind. Titled W. Fer- tion characterization and biogeochemical that they are now touring the Ohio River dinand Macy (1852–1901): Painter of New modeling of uranium and technetium reac- and have about half the length recorded. England Landscapes — A Chronicle of His tion pathways, and experimental studies One can usually find Bob Dodd in the Life, Family, and Artistic Legacy, the work of mineral dissolution kinetics. He also Geology Building on Friday mornings documents 254 of Macy’s paintings, of has funding to do exploratory research on when he helps to organize the weekly geol- which 48 are catalogued as extant. Family simulation of CO2-H2O-brine-mineral ogy faculty coffee. Bob occasionally teaches archives, newspaper microfilms, courthouse interactions. Collaborating with him on a graduate seminar in carbonate petrology, records, library collections, curators, an- these investigations are scientists from and this spring, he taught a non-credit, tiques dealers, and relatives are among the Johns Hopkins, the universities of Oklaho- continuing-education course titled Geology many sources of information upon which ma and Minnesota, Oxford University, the for Travelers. the book is based. The book is available Universite Paul Sabatier, the Swiss Federal Bob and his wife, Joann, travel exten- hardbound, soft cover, and online. Institute of Technology, Los Alamos Na- sively. Their most recent foreign trip took In October 2004, Don and Marge jour- tional Lab, and the USGS and EPA. He them to Tanzania and to the Cape Town neyed to southwestern Arkansas, where has been doing fieldwork in the Black Mesa region of South Africa. They enjoy shar- Don carried out fieldwork on fossils of area of Arizona and recently returned from ing their adventures with others with slide the Upper Cretaceous. Don continues his participating in successful field biosimula- shows, from time to time giving brown-bag activities for the Indiana Railway Museum, tion experiments at the Oak Ridge National seminars at the department. Bob and Joann where he works on steam-locomotive Laboratory. In the past year, Zhu also gave are active in volunteer work at their church restoration and serves occasionally as a invited lectures in Switzerland and Spain, and with the local Red Cross chapter. conductor on the 20-mile round-trip train taught a short course on geochemical mod- They spend many hours sorting books and trips. He is a board member of the Indiana eling at the University of Witwatersrand records in preparation for the annual used- Society of Mayflower Descendants and is in South Africa, and was named a visiting book sale to benefit the organization. Bob chair of the Scholarship Committee for the collaborative research fellow at the Institute keeps active with running, biking, hiking, society. for Study of the Earth’s Interior at Okaya- growing roses, and birding. Bob is editor At 73, Erle Kauffman is enjoying ma University in Japan. of the newsletter for the local Audubon retirement and has increased his produc- Society chapter. He recently completed the tivity (more papers, coffee with friends, Emeritus faculty notes Louisville mini-marathon for something time to walk around campus at least two Rosanna and Bob Blakely have moved like the 20th time. He and retired phys- miles daily, time to go fishing and hiking from their home of 42 years in Blooming- ics professor Archie Hendry also recently in both Indiana and the Rocky Mountain ton’s Park Ridge to the Meadowood Re- completed hiking the Knobstone Trail, a states, more time to relax, etc.). He says it’s tirement Community. Bob seldom gets into 43-mile trail through the wooded hills of wonderful. After having won many major the department now but stays busy with southern Indiana. honors during his pre-retirement years, Erle committees at Meadowood and with help- Often, the first person to come to the of- thought he was through receiving honors. ing other residents with computer prob- fice in the Petroleum Section of the Indiana However, he was recently awarded a honor- lems. He also teaches computer classes at Geological Survey is John Droste. His first ary double doctorate by the University of Bloomington’s Adult Community Center task is to start brewing the coffee, and he Gottingen, which has the oldest geology and IU’s Emeriti House. then begins work on his latest project with department in Europe. Erle says, “I love Bob and Rosanna have a daughter who the thousands of well logs in the IGS files. my research. I come in most days, and I am lives with her husband in Baton Rouge, The survey recently received a collection truly excited about my ‘work.’” La., and a grandson in Atlanta. Last Christ- of well logs from a company that closed (continued on page 16)

15 Haydn Murray awarded honorary doctorate at IU Commencement Haydn Murray was honored with an honor- of minerals in polymers. His geochemical on the goal of establishing a clay-minerals ary doctoral degree at the 2004 Commence- work has led to understanding the origins research laboratory for the Indiana Geologi- ment ceremony. The following was taken of many important mineral deposits, in- cal Survey. He also taught and mentored from the Commencement program. cluding bentonite, kaolin, and palygorskite, the university’s first generation of graduate as well as others.” students in the field of clay mineralogy. “About two months ago, I saw him leave His expertise in mineral exploration, min- After leaving IU in 1957 to pursue a the Geology Building at about 8 a.m. with ing, and processing has made Murray a much highly successful career in industrial min- a heavy-ended pick-axe on his shoulder. sought-after consultant; he has worked in 15 eralogy, he returned in 1973 as geology That day he was going to the field to col- countries on five continents. Murray has held department chair, initiating what was to lect some samples — at the age of 80!” professional posts in the International Clay become a decade of outstanding personal writes Abhijit Basu, Herman B Wells Pro- Minerals Association, the Society of Mining accomplishment and academic leadership. fessor and chair of the Department of Geo- Engineers Foundation, and the American Murray’s success in securing several cru- logical Sciences, about his colleague Profes- Geological Institute of Professional Geolo- cial faculty positions stimulated research sor Emeritus Haydn Herbert Murray. gists, as well as many others. productivity and helped to advance the Those who have known Murray in the His numerous professional awards reflect department’s national reputation. “Despite course of his 50-year association with In- the span of his influence in the field of geol- administrative demands,” Hattin says, diana University will not be surprised by ogy: membership in the Czech National Clay “Haydn developed a world-class clay- this anecdote. He is considered one of the Group, 2000; an honorary doctorate from minerals research program, attracted large world’s foremost authorities on applied clay the Universidad National del Sur, Argentina, numbers of graduate students, taught a va- mineralogy, and his accomplishments are 2001; and a Lifetime Achievement Award riety of upper-level courses, and published a legendary internationally. from the Professional Geologists of Indiana, remarkable number of research papers.” “In the field of clay mineralogy, he has 2003. He was recently inducted into the Murray retired from IU in 1994, but he no peer,” says Donald E. Hattin, professor National Academy of Engineers, for “impor- remains an active contributor to research in emeritus of geology at IU Bloomington. tant contributions to engineering theory and his field and a visible presence in his depart- For more than 50 years, Murray has con- practice.” He is the only IU faculty member ment. Two years before his retirement, he ducted research and published extensively ever to have received this honor. successfully funded and established a new on the geology, properties, and application Murray’s contributions at IU have been departmental Chair in Applied Clay Mineral- of minerals, particularly clay and coal. equally illustrious. He received the Dis- ogy. In addition, many IU doctoral students “His research has successfully aimed at tinguished Service Award in 1992, and in in the clay-minerals field have been sustained understanding the fundamental aspects of 1993, the Thomas Hart Benton Mural Me- by Grassman Fellowships, created by Murray minerals and then applying these findings dallion for distinguished service. For many in association with the Grassman Trust. to innovative and valuable uses,” says long- years of service as faculty representative to “I consider Professor Haydn Murray to time colleague William F. Moll. “He cou- the Big Ten Conference and the NCAA, be a model for faculty colleagues,” say IU pled his understanding of crystal imperfec- he was awarded the 1994 Orwig Medal for President Emeritus John W. Ryan. “[He is] tions and disorder in kaolinite to the flow Distinguished Service to IU Athletics. a university citizen who has exhibited the properties, which led to much-improved Murray first came to IU in 1951 as an as- highest qualities of integrity, loyalty, schol- coatings of paper. His studies of surface sistant professor of geology. He quickly took arship, and dedication to students.” acidity of minerals have led to expanded use

ing in a 300-plus-page monograph to be Gary Lane regularly comes to the de- Faculty notes published by the Paleontological Research partment, where he has been helping curate (continued from page 15) Institute. Erle has been busy, and in the the fossil collections and other samples. At Erle is leader of a team trying to deter- future, he will continue to be active in the home he enjoys working in the garden and mine why inoceramid bivalves got so large research that he loves so much. lawn. We look forward to the appearance of under such terrible living conditions during Noel Krothe opened his own consult- surplus vegetables in the department dur- Santonian (Cretaceous) time. Erle is co- ing company with his son Jason, BS’00, ing the summer months. He has had some leader with his wife, Claudia Johnson, of a who earned an MS degree in hydrogeology health problems in recent years but reports team conducting research on biostratigra- from the University of Texas/Austin. Noel that he is doing well with chemotherapy phy of the Rudists (Bivalvia) in the Carib- reports that he is really enjoying this part- treatments. Gary and his wife, Mary, are bean Province. He is completing a study nership, as it gives him a chance to interact regular participants in a physical condition- of mosasaurs (aquatic reptiles) and their with his son on a daily basis. He is still ing program at the local YMCA. secondary prey (ammonites). He is also active in research and hopes to be on the With his wife, Jane, Jud Mead spends his studying rapid speciation among bivalves PhD committee for Francesca Zucco at the summers in central New Hampshire on Lake at the time of their first appearance in the University of Rome. Francesca was Noel’s Winnipesaukee at the cottage, which they fossil record and is attempting to determine last graduate student. When he has time, have owned for more than 50 years. Jud what controls the rate of evolution. In ad- Noel’s hobbies include golf and fishing. He frequently comes to department to attend dition, he is working with co-authors on a writes, “Last August, Jason and Joseph and colloquia. He serves as a life honorary mem- study to determine the bivalve and ammo- I joined Brant Howard, BA’77, MA’82, for ber on the Geology Department Advisory nite sequences in the Jurassic of Antarctica. two days of fishing and whitewater boating Board. Jane attends University Women’s He has nearly completed a study of the on the Colorado River, a truly great experi- Club and Bloomington Garden Club events. Mesozoic stratigraphy and paleontology of ence.” This August, they are planning a Jud and Jane live in a “geological” neigh- Huerfano Park, southern Colorado, result- fishing trip to Ennis, Mont. (continued on page 17)

16 that is used in the workshop. In addition, he domestic travels over the last few months Faculty notes has been trying to learn more about the “real have been to New England and New York, (continued from page 16) world” of geology through some modest several trips to Florida, a vacation trip to borhood, near the Towells and the Brophys. hands-on oil and gas exploration in Nevada. New Mexico for the balloon festival and to The last few years have been filled with Lee and his wife, Ginny, have enjoyed enjoy the fall foliage, and, of course, visits honors for Haydn Murray. In 2003, he far more travel than was possible before to the central and northern Rocky Moun- was elected to the National Academy of they retired, the highlight being a nearly tain states. The New England trip gave Lee Engineering. In May 2004, he was awarded two-week trip to Italy last spring. Their (continued on page 18) an honorary doctor of science degree from Indiana University. Then in November he received the 2004 Alumni Achievement Award from the Department of Geology Nick’s — A restaurant in Georgia! During a March 2005 visit to Covington, Ga., Marge and Don Hattin accompanied at the University of Illinois. Haydn is still Steve Henderson, MA’74, and his wife, Kitty, to a rural eatery called “Nick’s — The active in research on applied clay miner- Indiana Place.” alogy and has presented papers at three In this establishment, the dining room walls are adorned with dozens of IU post- professional conferences in the last year. He ers featuring past achievements of the IU basketball team! Blades of the ceiling fans continues his consulting for clay companies are decorated with IU decals, bearing witness to the fact that Nick was an ardent IU in the United States, Brazil, China, and fan (get it?). A 1927 IU diploma adorning a wall above the cash register bears the Canada, which keeps him very busy. He name “Gladys Helena Brackmier.” Amazingly, she earned a BS degree in geology! plan to complete a book titled “Applied She is one of our first, if not the first, woman to earn a degree in that subject at IU. Clay Mineralogy” by the end of 2005. Signatures on the diploma include that of her adviser, E.R. Cumings (he coined the Juanita and Haydn spend winters in a terms “bioherm” and “biostrome”) and of then-president William Lowe Bryan. condo in Bonita Springs, Fla., on a golf Nick was no relation to Brackmier — the framed sheepskin was donated by a patron. course. They recently moved to a condo Imagine. All of this in rural Georgia, miles from the nearest town! in Bloomington after selling their house in Inverness Farms where they had lived for many years. Haydn says, “No more yard to mow, leaves to rake, nor pool to maintain.” Al Rudman regularly comes to the department, where he participates in geo- physics seminars, is on several master’s and doctoral committees, and fills in with teach- ing when Gary Pavlis or Mike Hamburger are not available. A long-term research project of his involves using synthetic seis- mograms to understand observed differ- ences between velocities measured by CVL versus measurements from uphole shots. Al continues to pretend he jogs (15 minutes per mile) while Joan Lauer runs. Al talks Joan into playing duplicate bridge. Visits with the kids, David and Lynn, and the five grandchildren are always a part of their yearly plans. This summer, Al and Joan hope to take a hiking tour in England. Al admits to his first-ever auto accident — and he wasn’t even in the car! While babysitting grandkids in Boulder, he left their van in neutral and watched (in shock) as it rolled into a garbage can. Al says, “Please, no e-mails asking how much a replacement door costs (#$@#!#!).” Since retiring, Lee Suttner has been in- volved with fund-raising and development activities for the department and for the Geological Society of America and Desert Research Institute Foundations. He also has developed and has been teaching a one-day workshop on leadership and management skills for academic administrators. His last sabbatical leave permitted him to visit with a number of department chairs here at IU and Don and Marge Hattin join Steve Henderson in visiting the “other” Nick’s restaurant, at other universities to learn more about what in Covington, Ga. On view at the restaurant is the copy of Gladys Brackmier’s does and what does not work in academic diploma, which was awarded in 1927. administration. Lee has prepared a manual

17 Faculty Research Grants (January 2003 through December 2004)

• Basu, A. (NASA) — “Petrologic Elastic Waves by Application of the Inverse mized for Advanced Microcharacterization Evolution of Lunar and Meterorite Parent Scattering Series” of Samples (EDS, EBSD, CL)” Body Regolith” • Pavlis, G. (NSF) — Collaborative • Schieber, J. (NSF) — “Experimental • Bish, D. (NASA) — “Experimental Research: “Crust-Mantle Interactions Dur- Mudstone Sedimentology: An Attempt at Determination of Low-Temperature, Low- ing Continental Growth and High-Pressure Reverse Engineering of Natural Processes” Pressure Thermodynamic and Crystal- Rock Exhumation at an Oblique Arc- • Schimmelmann, A. (DOE) — “Sig- lographic Properties of Potential Marian Continent Collision Zone: SE Caribbean nificance of Isotopically Labile Organic Hydrous Minerals” Margin” Hydrogen in the Thermal maturation of • Hamburger, M. (Inc Res Inst Seismol) • Person, M. (LANL) — “Determina- Source Rocks” — USESM Program Center tion of Effective Hydrogeological Param- • Shriner, C. (NEH) — “An Explana- • Hamburger, M. (NSF) — Collabora- eters Using Jurassic Tank Experimental tion for Emergent Complex Society at the tive Research: “Map Tools for EarthScope Stratigraphy” Sites of Lerna and Kolonna, Greece” Science and Education” • Person, M. (USGS) — “Hypothermal • Shriner, C. (INST AEGEAN PRE- • Hamburger, M. (Purdue University) Fluid Flow and Ore Formation in Great HISTO) — “The Application of the Inte- — “Analysis of Seismic Hazard Assessments Basin, Nevada grated Petrologic Approach to the Study of for Indiana” • Person, M. (NSF) — Collaborative Aeginetan Ware Technology, Production • Li, C. (NSF) — “Olivine Geochemis- Research: Pleistocene Hydrogeology of the and Exchange” try and Stable Isotope Studies of the Giant Atlantic Continental Shelf” • Zhu, C. (LANL) — “ Silicate Reac- Jinchuan Ni-Cu Sulfide Deposit, Western • Person, M. (USGS) — “Hydrothermal tion Kinetics in a Major Aquifer in New China: Investigation of Ore Genesis in a Fluid Flow and Ore Formation in Great Mexico” Magma Conduit” Basin, Nevada” • Zhu, C. (DOE) — “High-resolution • Pavlis, G. (NSF) — Collaborative • Pratt, L. (NASA) — “IPTAI Proposal Mineralogical Characterization and Biogeo- Research: “Imaging Earth Structure with for Detection of Biosustainable Energy and chemical Modeling of Uranium Reduction Elastic Waves by Application of the Inverse Nutrient Cycling in the Deep Subsurface of Pathways at the NABIR Field-Research Scattering Series” Earth and Mars” Center” • Pavlis, G. (NSF) — “Crust-Mantle • Ripley, E. (NSF) — “Mineralogic and • Zhu, C. (UNIV OF PITTSBURGH) Interactions During Continental Grown Isotopic Studies of Cu-Ni Sulfide Miner- — “Exploratory Research on Simulation of and High-Pressure Rock Exhumation at an alization Associated with the Duke Island CO2-Brine-Mineral Interactions” Oblique Arc-Continent Collision Zone” Ultramafic Complex, Southeastern Alaska • Zhu, C. (NSF) — Collaborative Re- • Pavlis, G. (NSF) — Collaborative • Ripley, E. (NSF) — “Technical Sup- search: “Silicate Reactions Kinetics in a Research: “St. Elias Erosion/Tectonics port for Stable Isotopic Research Facility Major Groundwater Aquifer” Project\(STEEP\)” \(SIRF\) at Indiana University • Zhu, C. (LANL) — “Silicate Reac- • Pavlis, G. (USGS) — “Structure and • Ripley, E. (Oak Ridge Natl Lab) tion Kinetics in a Major Aquifer in New Seismicity of the Wabash Valley Seismic — “Hydrogen Production from Naturally Mexico” Zone” Occurring Iron Silicates” • Zhu, C. (DOE) — “A Novel Ap- • Pavlis, G. (NSF) — Collaborative • Schieber, J. (NSF) — “Acquisition of proach to Experimental Studies of Mineral Research: “Imaging Earth Structure with a New Environmental SEM (ESEM) Opti- Dissolution Kinetics”

ties, coupled with a lot of reading, continue affected for Dave and Lindsay. They con- Faculty notes to give him great pleasure as hobbies. tinue to travel extensively both with and (continued from page 17) Dave Towell has remained quite active without their fifth-wheel trailer. The year and Ginny their first opportunity to see a even after receiving the shocking news in 2003 included trips to Florida (twice), Red Sox game in Fenway Park. Little did September 2002 that he had advanced, Tennessee (twice), South Carolina, Cali- he know at the time that he would attend a inoperable, lung cancer. Entering a clinical fornia, Michigan, Montana, and New York. Red Sox game later in the fall in St. Louis trial at the IU Medical Center in October In 2004 it was Colorado, Nevada, Florida — the final game of the World Series. 2002 involving standard chemo drugs ac- (twice), California, Louisiana, New York, Lee has returned to the Judson Mead companied by the trial drug angiostatin, he Michigan, Montana, and Tennessee. Trips Geologic Field Station in Montana for had a phenomenal response, such that he to Colorado, Puerto Rico, and Florida the past several summers to teach geology had approximately a 95-percent reduction started off 2005. Dave and Lindsay are in the field to two different high-school in tumor sizes. He continued taking angio- happy and thankful that they have been groups from the Atlanta area. Lee says, statin alone for an additional 15 months. able to continue to travel. what a delight it has been to return to the Following another set of different infu- Dave’s response to his cancer treatment same field areas I have such wonderful sions, he had gone seven months without and his positive attitude throughout the memories of working in while teaching in any treatment as of May 2005. With a small ordeal have been truly amazing. We all G429. Lee says he is having more success in amount of tumor growth, he entered an- wish Dave and Lindsay many more years of improving his ability to grow flowers than other clinical trial in May 2005. happy retirement. in improving his golf game, but both activi- Meanwhile, quality of life has not been — Lee Suttner

18 Student News

↕ Student Research Day 2005: Colin Harvey, PhD’80, right, with graduate student Mirela Dumitrescu

↔ Student Research Day 2005: Abhijit Basu and Mary Scanlan discuss Antonio Buono’s work on the moon.

Student Research Day 2004: Jayne Sieverding, MS’81, a member of the Student Research Day 2005: Undergraduate Christina Miller department’s advisory board, judges Remus Lazar’s poster presentation. points out critical data and interpretations to Mary Scanlan.

Student Research Day 2004: Erle Kauffman, right, listens attentively to Student Research Day 2004: Judging of an oral presentation Remus Lazar’s discussion of sequence stratigraphy of mid-continent shales.

19 Alumni Notebook

1990, Conley & Associates was lectures to lay people, and again IUGS for the International Year Before 1970 under contract to the Philippine this year will help conduct a trip of Planet Earth (2006) and to Jack Conley, BS’56, MA’61, government, arranging financ- to the Oregon coast for a class serve as a member of its newly “retired” in 1998 following ing and carrying out drilling of eighth-graders. authorized Commission in Fos- a 40-plus-year career in the projects in the Central Luzon Wirth is an avid traveler, sil Fuels. petroleum industry. In the Basin. From 1991 to 1993, skier, canoeist and camper, and Don Kissling, PhD’67, still petroleum industry, he has as president of Enim Oil Co., he remains a very active volun- lives in Berthoud, Colo., where served many organizations Ltd., Jakarta, Indonesia, Conley teer in building trails, cutting he continues his consulting in capacities including those managed all affairs of the com- and planting thousands of trees, practice, Jackalope Geologi- of geologist, chief geologist, pany, ranging from supervision and building benches and shel- cal. During the past few years, operator, consultant, manager of all professional personnel, ters along trails on public lands. Kissling has been involved pri- of petroleum operations, and to oil and gas production and Ken Bork, MA’64, PhD’67, marily with regional evaluation president. In the latter roles, he transmission, permitting and retired from the Department of Middle Devonian formations was president of Professional regulatory compliance, health of Geology and Geography of the Williston Basin. At pres- Petroleum Exploration Inc., of and safety concerns, and com- at Denison University in May ent, he is occupied with ar- Denver, Colo., from 1964 to pany relations with vendors, 2003, after 38 years of teaching chiving descriptions of 900 Or- 1971, and president from 1971 banks, and several levels of and publishing. Since then, he dovician and Devonian cores. to the present time of Conley government. This work was car- has been elected secretary gen- He is also summarizing several & Associates Inc., of Whit- ried out in the Harimau Field, eral of the International Com- years of research on eight reefs tier, Calif. Conley’s domestic South Sumatra. Conley was on mission on the History of Geo- of the Florida reef tract that was work has been carried out in site for both the Philippine and logical Sciences for a 2004–08 carried out mainly in the 1960s 17 states and one Canadian Sumatra projects. term. During the 2004 Inter- and 1970s, and he is writing a province, embracing the Ap- Conley and his wife, Rose- national Geological Congress in biography of his father and of palachians, Midwest, Rocky mary, live in Bloomington, Florence, Bork participated in his own early years. Kissling is a Mountains states, and Califor- where he continues his profes- a northern Italy field excursion trout fisherman and camper. nia, and has entailed the drilling sional life as an associate broker conducted by Italian members Kissling’s wife, Kinga, is of- of hundreds of wells. His two with REMAX. of INHIGEO, and during the fice manager for a group medi- companies have drilled, discov- Don Wirth, BS’59, is re- summer of 2005, he will attend cal practice. His oldest child, ered, produced, and sold oil tired from the Bureau of Land INHIGEO meetings in Prague, Katharine, and her family live and gas in Ohio, West Virginia, Management but retains a seat Czech Republic. Bork is also near Binghamton, N.Y., where Montana, Colorado, Tennes- on the board of the Montana currently on the editorial board she teaches second grade and see, Oklahoma, New York, and Bureau of Mines and Geology. of the Geological Society of special education. His second Alberta, Canada. From 1987 to He gives occasional geology America’s “Rock Star” commit- daughter, Rebecca, has com- tee, which oversees publication pleted her postdoctoral work of the “Rock Star” articles in and is now assistant professor GSA Today. of organic chemistry at SUNY Schoon publishes book Larry Woodfork, BS’64, Binghamton. The Kisslings’ Kenneth Schoon, BA’68, MS’72, a professor in the School MA’65, former director and son, Thomas, plans to start col- of Education at IU Northwest, is author of the book Calumet state geologist of the West lege in fall 2005, with a major Beginnings: Ancient Shorelines Virginia Geological Survey, is in forestry. Their daughter, and Settlements at the South currently an adjunct professor Hannah, is a high-school junior End of Lake Michigan, which of geology at West Virginia and is a top cadet in junior was published by IU Press University and at Marshall Uni- Army ROTC. in October 2003. The book versity. Woodfork is a licensed Bob Schwartz, MA’68, relates the early human his- professional geologist, certified PhD’72, is now in his 26th year tory of the area to geological petroleum geologist, certified of teaching at Allegheny Col- forces that created landscapes professional geologist, and con- lege following an earlier eight of the region. “The book is sulting geologist who serves on years of work at a federal coastal solid scholarship but is de- the board of directors of several research facility. His current signed for a wide non-techni- research and educational foun- research entails study of coastal cal audience.” dations. In 2004, he was again storm processes and longshore In addition to his geologic appointed a member of the bar evolution along the Lake training, Schoon has earned U.S. delegation (eight mem- Michigan shoreline, Tertiary an MS in secondary educa-

Perry Scott bers) to the 32nd International facies of the Madison-Gallatin tion from IU and a PhD in Geological Congress — Inter- intermontane basin, Montana, curriculum and instruction from Loyola University in Chica- national Union of Geological and Kootenai tidal facies in the go. He has served the School of Education as associate dean. Sciences Council. The IUGS Great Falls region of Montana. Schoon lives in Munster, Ind. Council has appointed Wood- Schwartz’s passion is still fork to be senior adviser to the whitewater kayaking in the 20 Pennsylvania/West Virginia region. He and his wife, Marie, live in the country and have Stephen G. Wells is 2005 vice president-elect three children — two daugh- ters, 13 and 15, and a son, 17. of the Geological Society of America Chuck Siemers (now known Stephen G. Wells, BS’71, has been elected as the 2005 vice president of the Geological Society as Chuck Blay), MA’68, of America and will assume the presidency of the society in the following year. GSA, with more PhD’71, is coauthor with his than 18,000 members in more than 85 countries, is the premier professional society for the son, Robert Siemers, of an geosciences and its members from academic and applied professions. Wells has been a member updated edition of their book of the society for more than 30 years, during which time he has chaired a number of its commit- Kauai’s Geologic History, pub- tees and been a member of several of its editorial boards. He was also an elected councilor from lished in 2004. The book is 2000 to 2003. profusely illustrated with color Wells, a resident of Reno, Nev., currently is president of the Desert Research Institute, the images, photographs, charts, environmental research arm of the University and Community College System of Nevada. DRI cross sections, and maps — and conducts cutting-edge research in land, air, and water quality across Nevada, the United States, embraces the entire Hawaiian and on every continent. The institute has more than 500 employees on its two main campuses and Emperor volcanic chain, in Las Vegas and Reno. It generates more than $45 million in total annual revenue. with particular emphasis on the physical features of Kauai. The father-son team leads guided Dave Brumbaugh, MA’72, quakes: Science and Society is this award, Hohn had earned, nature tours on Kauai and other PhD’73, is on 2004–05 sab- doing well. He shares with Don among others, achievement cer- islands within the state. batical leave from Northern Hattin a love of steam locomo- tificates in Master Builder-Cars, Arizona University, where he is tives and sees them in action Master Builder-Structures, and 1970s currently studying microearth- at Williams, Ariz., during the Master Builder-Scenery. Steve Henderson, BS’70, quakes (more than 60) associat- summer months. Barry Kues, PhD’75, is MA’74, led students from ed with a magnitude 4.6 tremor Greg Wahlman, BA’72, nearing completion of 31 Oxford College, Ga., on a southwest of Winslow. He is MA’74, has been employed by years in the University of New trip to Scotland in June 2004. author of a soon-to-be pub- Amoco (now BP Amoco) for Mexico Department of Geol- Henderson’s course, titled lished article on Grand Canyon 25 years; until the merger, he ogy, during several of which he Geology and Culture in Scot- Earthquakes that will worked as paleontologist (there served as chair. Kues comments land, included fieldwork around appear in the Bulletin of were 85 Amoco paleontologists that “time flies when you’re Edinburgh and in the islands the Seismological Soci- before the merger) on projects having fun.” He continues of Skye, Lewis, and Harris. ety of America. involving Paleozoic foraminifera. study of Paleozoic and Creta- In March 2005, he Brumbaugh During the past couple of years, ceous invertebrate faunas of the co-led a field trip is also Wahlman has worked on “car- Southwest and is working on a to Ecuador, busy bonate red-strat and petrograph- long paper that documents the where the ic projects in the Aordovician of history of geologic studies in emphasis Oklahoma; the Devonian, Penn- New Mexico — “a fascinating was on sylvanian, and Permian of the project,” in his words. change Permian Basin region; and the Behtaz Compani-Tabrizi, in de- Jurassic-Cretaceous of Mexico.” BS’76, MA’82, has worked in He has also done short Houston since leaving IU. His consulting jobs in the first position was with Penn- Devonian of western zoil E & P until Devon Energy Canada, Carboniferous bought the Oil & Gas part of of Alaska, Carboniferous- Pennzoil in 1999. Since then, veloping Permian in Russia, and Mio- Devon has made other acquisi- societies. cene of Indonesia. tions and is now the largest Henderson’s Wahlman reports that the independent oil company in research inter- vice president of his group is North America. Compani has est centers on with sister of Johnny Waters, MA’75, been “pretty successful finding the geology of field PhD’78. O & G for the last 23 years, Civil War battlefields, mapping of Michael Ed Hohn, MA’75, and still at it.” Compani reports and he is author of a paper a major north- PhD’76, is geologist in the that two other IU graduates, on geology of the battle of ern Arizona normal West Virginia Geological Sur- Steve Smith and Jim Ten Eyck, Chickamanga that is included fault, a manuscript vey and adjunct professor in the also work for Devon. in the 2004 book Studies in that summarizes his Department of Geology and Cal James, PhD’77, is work- Military Geography and Geology, thoughts on compres- Geography at the University of ing for the Ohio EPA and published by Kluwer Academic sional structures in extensional West Virginia. In addition to is working on a book about Publishers, the Netherlands. environments, and maintaining his professional duties, Hohn is military trials of citizens — in- The paper was presented origi- and upgrading the northern an expert model-railroader and cluding one of his ancestors nally at an International Con- Arizona seismic network. He has earned the distinction of — during the Civil War. He has ference on Military Geology continues work on faulting Master Model Railroader from made two trips to Tennessee to and Geography held at West and earthquakes in Turkey and the National Model Railroad give talks to historical societies. Point in June 2003. reports that his book Earth- Association. Prior to receiving (continued on page 22)

21 journal Palaeogeography, Palaeo- and son, Jeffrey. I am vice presi- tion with IMERYS in Sanders- Alumni notebook climatology, and Palaeoecology. dent, exploration, for Ashton ville, Ga., where she is responsi- (continued from page 21) Mining of Canada, a company ble for supervising research and His wife, Elise Porter, MA’79, 1980s searching the wilds of Canada for development on precipitation PhD’83, works for the Ohio Dusty Nicol, MA’80, was pro- diamonds.” He can be reached at of calcium carbonate for use as attorney general’s offi ce. She is moted to executive vice presi- [email protected]. a pigment in the manufacture also a Girl Scout leader, Tai Chi dent and director of Explora- Victoria Warren, BA’82, of paper. participant, and cyclist. Their tion for Queenstake Resources. MS’85, MS’87, is corporate Robert Pruett, MS’88, daughter, Abby, 13, enjoys art Jayne Sieverding, MA’81, manager of the Hydrogeology PhD’93, has been promoted to and math and is a fast-pitch is now business development Group for Allied Waste Indus- technical director of IMERYS softball player. manager for ChevronTexaco’s tries, a non-hazardous solid- in Sandersville, Ga. His duties Dave Bottjer, PhD’78, Energy Technology Co., lo- waste management company entail supervision of research was principal organizer and cated in Houston. She manages representing the second-largest and development on kaolin and master of ceremonies for a efforts to market ChevronTex- market share in the United calcium carbonate. In 2004, recent University of Southern aco’s technologies and capabili- States. As manager, she is re- Pruett was chair of the Indus- California gathering to honor ties for acquiring access to new sponsible for environmental trial Minerals Division of the National Academy of Science business growth opportunities compliance and permitting is- Society for Mining, Metallurgy, member Al Fischer and his wife, around the world. However, sues for 166 active landfi lls and and Exploration. Winnie. More than 60 friends, she says that her more impor- more than 100 closed landfi lls M. Ross Vandrey, BS’89, colleagues, and students were tant and time-consuming job across the United States and geologist with Enterprise Oil, in attendance, and many who is that of Mom, raising her two Puerto Rico. Additionally, in has been transferred from Ab- could not attend sent letters of kids, Johanna, 12, and Eric, 9, 2004, Warren assumed manage- erdeen, Scotland, to Stavanger, appreciation and thanks. with her husband, Peter. ment of the Superfund Group Norway. Despite long hours Bottjer currently is president Brooke P. Clements, BS’82, for Allied Waste. In this role, with the company, Vandrey of the Paleontological Society writes, “I live in Vancouver, she is responsible for risk and fi nds time to coach his son’s and is editor in chief of the Canada, with my wife, Juanita, liability management for more (Nicholas) basketball team than 250 CERCLA sites where and help with Boy Scouts. Allied Waste is a participant. His wife, Gemini, has joined a Bill Nellist, MS’86, reports biking club and also co-leads that during summer 2004, he their other son’s (Damon) Cub and his wife, Catherine, traveled Scout Den. to China to bring to America their newly adopted daughter, 1990s Fiona. En route to Nanchang, Penny (Alano) Meighen, in Jiangxi Province, the Nel- BA’90, BS’93, completed lists visited Beijing, where they an MS in coal petrology at enjoyed seeing the Forbidden the University of Kentucky City, Tiananmen Square, and in 1997. From July 1998 to the Great Wall. Their fi nal Chi- October 2004, she served as nese destination was Guang- senior underground geologist zhou, where fi nal documents with Black Beauty Coal Co. of and a physician’s appointment Evansville, Ind. Meighen began were arranged. By Christmas doctoral work in engineering at of 2004, Fiona was walking, the University of West Virginia, running, and beginning to talk but she plans transfer to Indiana — English, of course. University to earn a teaching Nellist is an avid gardener, certifi cate. She is a member of adding more soil and plants to the Women’s Mining Coalition, their backyard garden. Work at a Washington, D.C., lobbying the National Imagery and Map- group, and in 2004 was elected ping Agency continues, but he to be president of the Indiana can’t talk about that! Coal Mining Institute for 2005. Signe Wurstner, BS’86, Meighen’s husband, Mike, is an MS’89, senior research scientist engineer. at the Pacifi c Northwest Na- Christopher Carlson, tional Laboratory, received the MS�91, PhD�00, recently ac- prestigious Women of Achieve- cepted a newly created position ment award from that institu- as the national program leader tion. In April 2004, she was for groundwater for the U.S. thus recognized for professional Forest Service in Washington, accomplishments, personal ac- D.C. The Forest Service has complishments, and community been working to establish a service. groundwater program for sev- Jessica Elzea-Kogel, MS’87, eral years to complement the PhD’90, has accepted a posi- programs in geology, mining,

22 fisheries, surface water, etc., ronTexaco deepwater Gulf University and is now professor him (Merino) much more than as they have faced more states of Mexico team was moved of geology at the University of he ever taught the student. implementing TMDLs under from New Orleans to Texas Texas at Arlington. In his new Maj. Christopher Gellasch, the Clean Water Act for streams in August 2004. Shortly after position, he will have the op- MS’94, has been stationed, dominated by baseflow, to the move, Goggin requested a portunity to complete research until recently, at Grafenwoehr, systematically address applica- transfer to ETC (Chevron’s Ex- projects delayed by heavy teach- Germany, where he is com- tions to develop high-capacity ploration Technology Co.), and ing loads, and also the possibil- mander of the 71st Medical wells on National Forest Lands, she now works as a “consultant ity of mentoring PhD students. Detachment, but he and his to better assess the impacts expert” within the company. He and his wife, Camila, have command will be assigned to of coal bed methane produc- She is currently assisting with an 8-year-old son, Zane. duty in Afghanistan in April tion on forests, and to better projects in Angola, Nigeria, and Yifeng Wang, PhD’93, 2005. Gellasch is author of a regulate mining on the forests. the Gulf of Mexico. Goggin is presented two lectures in the paper, “Groundwater: Past, His responsibilities will include specializing in deepwater (tur- IU Department of Geological Present, and Future Uses in fleshing out the program, con- bidite) deposition and sequence Sciences this year. For the past Military Operations,” which ap- vincing the 10 regions and the stratigraphy and is one of five 10 years, he has been a geo- peared in the volume Studies in dozens of forests and grasslands corporate “experts” who works chemist at the Sandia National Military Geology and Geography, that groundwater is important with HIRES resistivity log data Laboratory in New Mexico. published by Kluwer Academic to the management of the lands to describe deepwater deposits. While visiting the department, Publishers, the Netherlands, and resources entrusted to the She hasn’t had to go overseas he was able to further interact in 2004. Gellasch and his wife, USFS, and providing technical yet, and future trips will be for with his PhD adviser, Enrique Amy, are proud parents of a assistance where needed. a short duration only. Merino, who commented on baby son, Brian Christopher, Lisa (Rhoades) Goggin, John Holbrook, PhD’92, the unusual pleasure it has been who was born early in Decem- MS’91, PhD’99, is now work- has left the geology department for him to have had as a student ber 2004. ing in Houston. Her Chev- at Southeast Missouri State someone who is now teaching (continued on page 24)

IU Department of Geological Sciences Advisory Board

Members of the Department of Geological Sciences Advisory Board 2004 are, from left, front: Laura Gano, Frank D. Pruett, Abhijit Basu, Robert F. Blakely, Glenn B. Hieshima, and Jayne L. Sieverding; back: Robert G. Jones, Tom Herbert, John Steinmetz, John N. Bubb, Michael C. Mound, Mark S. Leonard, Kenneth D. Ridgway, Derek G. Fullerton, and Kenneth R. Vance.

23 and to Asian countries, includ- ticipated in the Paleontological professor in the Department of Alumni notebook ing Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Survey of Santa Fe National Physics at Angelo State Uni- (continued from page 23) Malaysia, and exports both at- Forest, based in Cuba Ranger versity, Angelo, Texas, since fall Nate Way, MS’94, PhD’98, tapulgite and mica to Australia. District, N.M. During the fall 2004. and his wife, Cara Davis, Sujoy Ghose, PhD’97, is a and winter of 2004–05, Gobetz James Van Alstine, MS’02, MS’95, PhD’98, are proud research geophysicist with GX served as adjunct curator at reports: “After finishing my parents of a 6-month-old (as of Technology in Houston. the New Mexico Museum of master’s degree, I headed south April 2005) daughter, Jasmine Bill Elliott, MS’98, PhD’02, Natural History and Science in to Houston to work at Sch- Elizabeth. While Davis was on has received a large NSF grant Albuquerque. She has recently lumberger in their technology maternity leave, she was made to buy new laboratory equip- accepted a tenure-track posi- group, Schlumberger Informa- supervisor of her ExxonMobil ment for the geology depart- tion in the biology department tion Solutions. My background team. Way, also with Exxon- ment at Southern Oregon at James Madison University, has always been in geology, but Mobil, has been working on a University. Elliot reports that where she will teach human since joining Schlumberger, unique team that performs “un- their small department (three anatomy and set up a new I’ve been masquerading as a certainty analysis.” He is study- faculty members) has 60 un- research laboratory. geophysicist, supporting and ing the geology of oil fields dergraduate majors and that Alex J. Krueger, MS’98, a teaching clients on how to use around the globe in an effort to recruitment is fueled by sched- geophysicist for Schlumberger, the geophysical applications. quantify “impact of uncertainty uling interviews with top stu- works on geophysical software I have had the opportunity to in new fields to guide develop- dents in each lower-level class. development. He lives in work onsite with several of the ment decisions.” His wife, Sarah, now works half Houston. oil companies here in Houston, Way and Davis continue time for International Programs as well as travel abroad to teach work on their property on the at SOU and also teaches one 2000s in places such as Mexico City big island, Hawaii, where con- course in the evenings each Brian C. Howard, BS’00, and Trinidad/Tobago. It’s defi- struction of a home is in the term. The Elliots have bought a BA’02, is the managing edi- nitely been keeping me busy.” planning stages. home within a 20-minute drive tor of E/The Environmental Beth A. Bartel, MS’02, is a Huitang Zhou, PhD’96, is of campus. Their yard features Magazine. A member of the geodetic engineer with the UN- president and CEO of Mintech many roses and a “giant” se- Appalachian Mountain Club, AVCO Consortium and is com- International, a company that quoia tree! Their daughter, he spends his free time snow- pleting her second season “on is based in Bloomington, Ind. Abigail, is walking, talking, and boarding, hiking, camping, the ice” in Antarctica. She has Mintech mines, processes, and dancing to music. mountain biking, canoeing, and completed a number of major sells attapulgite. The Mintech Katrina Gobetz, MS’98, kayaking. He lives in Norwalk, research field efforts, including plant is situated in Mingquang, received a PhD in vertebrate Conn., and can be reached at installation and operation of a Anhui, China. Mintech also paleontology from the Univer- [email protected]. geophysical monitoring system processes muscovite in China sity of Kansas in August 2004. Christian Poppeliers, for Mount Erebus. She lives in for export to the United States During summer 2004, she par- PhD’01, has been assistant Redmond, Wash. Membership matters Join or renew today!

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26 Solano-Acosta, Wilfrido and Wilder, William Zimmer, Patrick and Rebecca IMERYS Irene Arango Williamson, Rebecca Zucco, Francesca J.D. Lazor Enterprises Inc. Sonntag, Mark and Jean Wilson, Daniel and Joyce Joyce S. Vance Revocable Trust Soreghan, Michael and Gerilyn Wilson, Matthew and Lorelle Corporate donors Kinder Morgan Foundation Sowder, Michael and Kimberly Wiltse, Milton Jr. and Flora Albemarle Corp. Kooters Geology Tools St. Jean, Joseph and Elena Wintsch, Robert and Jody Andarko Petroleum Corp. Lifestorynet LLC St. John, James Wirth, Donald Ashland Inc. Marathon Oil Co. Stafford, Rodney and Marie Wischmeyer, Michael and Bechtel Foundation Michigan State University Stangle, William and Betty Pamela BHP Petroleum Inc. Middle Mountain Designs Stewart, Michael and Carol Wolfe, Ralph Cabot Oil & Gas Corporme Miracle Petroleum Struhs, James Woodard, Gerald and Georgia ChevronTexaco Montgomery Environmental Stump, Richard and Catherine Wright, Daniel and Donna Cleveland Museum of Perkins Rouge & Paint Co. Sukup, James and Mary Wright, William III Natural History RAG American Coal Co. Sullivan, Dan and Nora Wurstner, Signe Compass Com. Inc. Robbins Irrevocable Sullivan, James H. Yarlot, Mark and Janet ConocoPhillips Co. Charity Trust Suttner, Lee and Virginia Yates, Martin and Diane Vatne E.J. Grassmann Trust Shell Oil Foundation Tackaberry, William Yochum, Kelly El Paso Energy Foundation Susquehanna International Tarbuck,Edward Young, Steven and Margretta Eli Lilly and Co. Group Taylor, Lawrence Yu, Hai C. and Jing Li Equipment Laundry Leasing Union Foundation Thomas, Andrew and Sarah Zaleha, Michael and Nancy ExxonMobil Foundation UPS Foundation Thomas, James Zelsman, Loren Haitjema Consulting Western Exploration Inc. Thomas, Jeffrey and Kimberly Zhu, Chen Halliburton Foundation Inc. Thornburg, Janet Tilford, Maxwell Tipple, Brett Tipple, Gregory and Joyce Basciano Tipple, John and Violet Tolle, H.E. and Jean Tomida, Michiru Towell, Brian Towell, David and Lindsay Townsend, Margaret Tudor, Janet Turner, Mary Utgaard, John and Mary Utgard, Russell and Doris Utgard, Russell and Doris Vance, Joyce and Kenneth VanCoutren, Lewis and Mary Vatne, Diane and Martin Yates Velbel, Michael Viola, Dorothy Vitaliano, Dorothy B. Voss, Robert and Katherine Waddell, Courtney Wagner, Paul Walker, James Walker, Jerome Walker, Rachel Wang, Margaret (Peggy) Warner, Scott Waterman, Arthur and Marcia Waters, Johnny and Barbara Wayne, William and Naomi Weber, Jeff and Tina Krazetz Weidman, Robert and Eleanor Weinberg, Barbara and Martin Weis, Donald and Jacqueline West, Dorene Budnick White, Bradford and Laura Whitesides, Dietrich and Caroline Wier, Charles and Susan Wilcer, Bruce L.

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